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- YOU and only you know what’s best for your child
- YOU and only you know how your child learns (listening, watching, doing, etc.)
- YOU and only you know how much your child already knows
- YOU and only you know your child’s limitations
- YOU and only you know when your child is ready for mature subject content (sex education)
- Your child has time to develop a strong sense of self
- Your child will not have to ask permission to use the restroom
- Your child will not have to walk in gender segregated lines
- Your child will never be embarassed because of a low grade
- Your child will never have to wait in the cold or rain, alone, for the bus
- Your child will never be made fun of if he asks a question about something he doesn’t know yet
- Your child will not develop the view that reading is boring, hard, and only for “school”
- You can pass along a Christian world view
- Pass along family values easier
- Teach subjects based on your own faith
- Teach adult skills useful in real life (cooking, money management, car repair)
- Pick & choose your family’s method of learning
- Promotes tons of wonderful “family togetherness”
- Eliminates age segregation
- Helps alleviate peer dependancy
- Removes need to be part of the “Popular” clique
- Don’t have to worry about the next “school shooting”
- Lables and following “the next fad” becomes unnecessary
- Builds greater self-confidence
- Helps shy students blossom
- Provides freedom from school calendars
- Freedom to schedule around your family’s needs
- Learning can take place at any time of the day
- Morning can be used for sleep, if needed
- No worrying about your child riding on the bus
- Take vacation anytime you want (even fall, winter, or spring!)
- “Holidays” can be of your choosing
- Take needed mental breaks during tough life changes (death, birth, move)
- Opportunity to learn alongside your children
- One-on-one tutoring (parent / child)
- It’s your constitutional right
- Removes unwanted influences
- Gives children a life in the “real” world
- Freedom from mandated testing
- Ability to learn based on current interests
- Moves at the child’s pace (gifted learner or slower learner)
- Tailors to your child’s learning style
- Freedom to have more learning based field trips
- Freedom to participate in more daytime community events
- Growing homeschool organizations make socialization easy
- Thousands of living books are available for free at the library
- Full-subject curriculums are available to purchase
- Unit studies are fun for the whole family
- Promotes literacy (everyone enjoys family read-alouds!)
- Ability to focus more in-depth in certain subjects
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