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Parent's don't have the time or experience, usually needing to work. Teaching impressionable young minds is a skill, not a "let them lose and hope it works" sit
by PenguinCoder 5y ago
Parent's don't have the time or experience, usually needing to work. Teaching impressionable young minds is a skill, not a "let them lose and hope it works" situation. I would also trust a curriculum that has been vetted and tried, not parental indoctrine; or skipping some subjects entirely, like anti-CRT proponents have shown.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoAlso kids need to be around other children to socialise, school provides rhat
- TheFreim 5y agoI live in a smallish town/city and you can very easily become connected with a variety of home schooling networks that help kids socialize, parents learn from other parents, etc. I've never really encountered a stereotypical "anti-social homeschool kid" in the wild.
- giantg2 5y agoI second this. I've had friends who were homeschooled that were probably better socialized, more well behaved, etc than a significant number of the 'regular' kids at my school. Of course there could be some observation bias if the truly antisocial homeschool kids never go anywhere to meet them, while the antisocial school kids are forced to go to school (which probably makes their situation even worse).
- itronitron 5y agoYes, luckily there are some very good resources available now for parents. Khan Academy, IXL, Well Trained Mind, etc. I should add that I think elementary school is valuable for children, as most of that is social and it's with the same teacher and fellow students for most of the day. Digital surveillance starts in middle school and high school, which is when students are old enough to start self-directed learning. It's worth thinking about how many parents would have to pull their children out of school due to concerns over privacy invasion before the school system decided to change its policy or tech stack.