Why Home School your Children?

Series Summary

For parents with the time and inclination, home schooling can be a very rewarding experience. Your child learns what you think they should know, with you there every step of the way to monitor their progress. The internet has contributed greatly to the potential of a child to become skilled in areas which their parents may not feel qualified to teach them. And many resources, internet and otherwise, are available to help provide a well-rounded curriculum in the comfort and security of your own home. But the choice to home school involves a great deal of responsibility for both parent and child. In some cases, the child may be better off attending a public school in spite of the best efforts of the parents. You may think you want your kid to be just like you, but crotchety cynicism might not suit a ten-year-old.

Expert Village’s Terry Neven talks about several aspects of the homeschooling experience in this series of free home education videos. What are the pros and cons of homeschooling? How does home schooling compare to the educational experience of public schools? Will your child be able to get into a good college if they are homeschooled? In addition to answering these common questions, Neven takes you behind the scenes to address issues concerning the basic operation of a home school, such as how to keep track of grades and how to create a transcript for college admission.

Video Transcript

"Hello! My name is Terry Neven, I'm the administrator and the principal of Sunland Christian School. In this clip we are going to talk about why families choose home school. Research was done at UCLA studying students that were taught at home to discover why they were taught at home. There were a variety of reasons but the main one was that families felt there was family conflict between home and school. Parents were concerned that they were learning the values that they wanted them to learn. Another area of concern why families home school was that they were concerned about the personality change they saw in their child when they went to local public or private schools. The third area of why families home school is because parents wanted more control of what was happening to their children's education and finally the academic success is proven that home school is actually 1 or 2 level above their peers in both public and private schools. These are just a few of the reasons why many families choose to teach their own children at home. "