works for someone else may not work for you or your family. Home schooling allows you to teach your own values. “Religion has traditionally been the most commonly cited reason for parents to choose home schooling. They feel that the moral training of their children is their responsibility, not the state’s” (Gorder, p.50, 1996). Parents don’t want to send their children to schools where they feel the child may be taught against what they "should” believe. Religion is a large part of each individual’s family values. Along those lines comes another positive to home schooling: family unity. Home schooled children get to spend a lot more time with their families than the average child. It was stated earlier that many families feel that the lack of discipline in public schools is detrimental to their child. That can also be true if their child is the one who needs discipline. At home the parent can monitor more closely where the child is and what they are doing. They can also tell what work they have and have not accomplished. All of these factors could make the difference in a troubled child’s life. Some parents choose home schooling for their child because they have to. In many small towns the school could be miles and miles from your house. There are times and situation that busing is not available, and if it is it may take an hour to get there. Another part of that reason is if a child can not afford to go to the private school of choice. Parents don’t want them to learn the wrong things so they teach their children themselves (Wade 1996). The last positive that is going to be discussed is the one on one attention that a home schooled child receives. It is close to impossible for a classroom teacher to give each child one on one attention every day. Having only a couple of children per teacher is a very good ratio. The kind of ration you are not going to get in any school. Like everything i...
