Yeah, I didn’t take it as you trying to bash, just expanding the convo a bit. I think the outcomes are very dependent on why the decision to homeschool was made and how prepared the parents are to actually educate their children. If you’re doing it because you don’t feel public schools are safe enough, I could get on board with that…my kids are in public school, and it’s scary as shit sometimes. Our 7th grader had to deal with multiple lockdowns last year, and we live in a pretty safe area. If you’re homeschooling because you don’t want your kid’s mind “poisoned” by basic science like geology or biology, or don’t want them exposed to different races or religions, you’re probably gonna end up with a young adult who isn’t prepared to exist on their own in the world when the time comes and that transition into adulthood is going to even harder than it already is.
This is a really good point. It’s definitely all in the reasons behind it. I’m really scared for my child to go to school but since I work full time there’s no real other option. I would actually be able to teach some courses due to my education but also know I would be inept at others. Plus it’s different to teach biology to people in college than to a 7 year old that’s probably an entirely different ball game I would probably be bad at
Interestingly, my wife and I found that the Montessori and eclectic styles of education are the best choice for homeschooling. We mix the two styles. We allow our children to pick which topics (usually 2 per day) they’d like to learn and go from there. The following day they will choose another two topics so on and so forth. This is the Montessori form of education. Whereas eclectic style, that includes things like children’s museums, gardening, farms, wilderness, zoos, arts & crafts and as of recent learning how to type and now my daughter who has heard piano is interested in learning the piano.
This gives a better idea as to what interests our children have so that we can help guide them with the least amount of friction. All in all, we want our children to have the best possible education and allow them to make their own decisions so that they’re content in learning and growing.
Yeah, I didn’t take it as you trying to bash, just expanding the convo a bit. I think the outcomes are very dependent on why the decision to homeschool was made and how prepared the parents are to actually educate their children. If you’re doing it because you don’t feel public schools are safe enough, I could get on board with that…my kids are in public school, and it’s scary as shit sometimes. Our 7th grader had to deal with multiple lockdowns last year, and we live in a pretty safe area. If you’re homeschooling because you don’t want your kid’s mind “poisoned” by basic science like geology or biology, or don’t want them exposed to different races or religions, you’re probably gonna end up with a young adult who isn’t prepared to exist on their own in the world when the time comes and that transition into adulthood is going to even harder than it already is.
This is a really good point. It’s definitely all in the reasons behind it. I’m really scared for my child to go to school but since I work full time there’s no real other option. I would actually be able to teach some courses due to my education but also know I would be inept at others. Plus it’s different to teach biology to people in college than to a 7 year old that’s probably an entirely different ball game I would probably be bad at
Interestingly, my wife and I found that the Montessori and eclectic styles of education are the best choice for homeschooling. We mix the two styles. We allow our children to pick which topics (usually 2 per day) they’d like to learn and go from there. The following day they will choose another two topics so on and so forth. This is the Montessori form of education. Whereas eclectic style, that includes things like children’s museums, gardening, farms, wilderness, zoos, arts & crafts and as of recent learning how to type and now my daughter who has heard piano is interested in learning the piano.
This gives a better idea as to what interests our children have so that we can help guide them with the least amount of friction. All in all, we want our children to have the best possible education and allow them to make their own decisions so that they’re content in learning and growing.