Just read this article recently about the drawbacks of homeschooling and I am convinced that this was not written by an experienced homeschooling parent. Couldn’t let this one go without some input so let me help clear up the misinformation.
First, this writer mentions that one of the drawbacks to homeschooling is that:
What about socialization? Don’t homeschoolers miss out on socialization?
I hear that question so many times. Many times it comes from a parent considering homeschooling who has had to field that question over and over again; other times it comes from those who just don’t understand homeschooling at all. Read More
Do you have one of those kids who just does not like to read the directions? He or she would much rather just get down to
the work of math or English, etc. than take the time to read the directions first? If he or she is like most kids, this means that you end up with mistakes that must be fixed, answers that are totally off the wall or academic struggles.
We have fought this battle with one of our kids who just hates to take the time to read the instructions first. Instead, she will set out to do the work that she thinks they want. In fact, there are many occasions where she doesn’t even review the sample problems. Before she knows it she has completed an entire assignment incorrectly or she hits a problem that she cannot do and we discover that once again she forgot to read the instructions . . .
Homeschoolers, please be aware that our freedoms are at risk. I know there are those who disagree with me; in fact, many get very frustrated with me when I speak this way. But here is another case where a homeschooling mother lost her RIGHT to homeschool because a judge decided that the child’s “religious beliefs are a bit too sincerely held and must be sifted, tested by, and mixed among other worldviews . . .”
I am often frustrated by the question, “But are you a certified teacher?” I happen to be one, but I don’t believe it has any impact on my ability to teach my own kids. Do I use any of what I learned while I worked towards certification? Perhaps. But more likely I use techniques and ideas I developed or improved upon while I was in the classroom.
I heard a great quote the other day that cannot go unrecognized:
“Don’t lay down in the cemetary until you have to”
This was a passing comment made jokingly by my brother when his son’s game of catch went a little too close to the cemetary border (he had tripped and fallen as he reached for the ball).
Did you know that his month a New Jersey state law went into effect that requires mandatory flu vaccinations for children who attend licensed pre-school and child care centers?
In other words, if you want your child to attend pre-school, you must first get him a flu shot. And kids who don’t get the shot will be banned from attending classes unless parents can prove that their child will receive the shot within two weeks of the law’s deadline.
My eyes are opened more and more every day to the fact that the History our children study through secular publishers is inaccurate.
A recent US History textbook I examined dedicated three full pages to the settlers who came to Williamsburg in the search for gold. It never mentioned those who came for religious freedom.
Online education is clearly on the rise and with it many options for online homeschooling. 
Online homeschooling can mean courses that are fully online with all instruction, review, projects and testing completed on the computer. It can also mean online instruction that correlates with a textbook or other learning guide. Other online homeschool options have a textbook or workbook at the core with enrichments available online.
The following excerpt was taken from The American Vision page, where an atheist responded to one of their articles with the following words:
It’s good that Christians homeschool. We need citizens to clean our toilets and mow our lawns. Perhaps some homeschooled Christians will be able to fill these types of jobs. The rest will be unemployable retards like their parents.
