How to Know If Home Schooling Is Right For You

Have you considered homeschooling your children? Maybe you have but often wondered what you would be getting yourself into if you did. Thousands of parents home school their children every day. It wasn’t an easy decision, there are a lot of things to consider when you home school your child, here are some of the main things that you need to consider.Financial strainOne parent will have to stay home with child while they are schooling them or working part-time, if you are used to living on a two income family there will be some sacrifices made to compensate for this. Also home schooling, while can be done cheaply can also cost more money depending on which program that you use for homeschooling.Time Teaching your children at home will take up most of the day. You will have to have available time to teach, take on field trips and to prepare lessons. There is a lot when you are doing this at home. During the day you will have very little time of your own.Field tripsAfter a while your child may get bored learning at home, and want to have friends to play with, this is a huge part of schooling is having friends to play and socialize with. You will have to make arrangements to take your child out to the park or the library where they can socialize with other children.Household ChoresIt will be hard to keep up with household chores while you are teaching classes. You will have to work on most of this after school hours to complete everything. You will have to be organized not only with the work which is needed to be done around the house, but with the lesson plans and everything else.Your childDoes your child want to go to public school? Are they comfortable being taught by you and willing to learn if you teach them? You want this to be a pleasant experience for them and need for them to learn, if they don’t want to be taught at home it will be a daily struggle for them to learn and have a pleasant experience.Homeschooling can be a great experience with them, many children will continue on to college and do well in college. It’s a huge decision to teach your children at home and make sure that they learn everything which is needed for when they are adults,. It’s not a decision to take lightly.

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