What Exactly Is Homeschooling

Summary: Homeschooling is really quite simple. It's a process where parents have accepted the responsibility of educating their children as opposed to having them go through a public or private school system. Parents who are considering or have made the decision to homeschool have taken a deep interest in their child's education and are committed to having the home becoming the point of their child's education. Homeschooling parents are tasked with not only with their child's e...

Homeschooling is really quite simple. It's a process where parents have accepted the responsibility of educating their children as opposed to having them go through a public or private school system. Parents who are considering or have made the decision to homeschool have taken a deep interest in their child's education and are committed to having the home becoming the point of their child's education. Homeschooling parents are tasked with not only with their child's educational experience but now also have solely taken on the child's emotional, physical, and mental development as well. Homeschoolers enjoy flexibility to the degree that they can tailor the child's learning experience and curriculum to more closely match the genuine interests of their child. Parents can also tailor their teaching style in a way that is most beneficial to how their child learns as opposed to the one size fits all of the public schools; whereas public institutions involve many people in the curriculum and learning process of all the children as opposed to the individual well being of each child. A parent's natural love for their child is a great motivator for insuring the child's academic and life long successes. Homeschooling is about the success of the child. If or when children struggle with a concept in the public school system, many times the first approach is for the child to arrange to have some additional one on one time with the teacher