According to the research on homeschooling, homeschooled children are ahead of their schooled peers intellectually and socially. They learn more and they engage in more social activities, which would presumably put them ahead emotionally too.
If you are homeschooling using sound methods, you know this is true because the proof is in the pudding - you can see it for yourself.
But if you aren't homeschooling, here's 7 reasons to consider the fastest growing educational option today.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
1. Share in the Habits of the Top 1%
People at the top of financial earnings have one thing in common, they read books. They usually write and sell their books too.
Yet, only 14 out of 100 children read for fun.
Only 14!
By homeschooling, you can raise children who, like the top 1%, also enjoy reading books. Reading is the key to knowledge and regardless of what professional field your child enters, reading will only improve his understanding.
2. Personal Development
Homeschooling children have more time to develop skills and hobbies. A child who grows up to become a skilled ice skater, musician, or writer can turn these hobbies into a profession either by performing or teaching.
We never know what life might bring us, and raising our children to have a skill they can fall back on monetarily, whether it becomes their main profession or not, is always prudent.
3. Intellectual Precocity
Children, who are homeschooled independently, surpass their schooled counterparts on exams.
They also have a better chance of getting into more impressive colleges, if they should choose that route. However, some parents fear their children won't get into good colleges if they homeschool them.
This may be true if you put your kids into virtual schools or a public school homeschooling programs (a bit of an oxymoron, no?), but it isn't true if you homeschool independently using methods that are time-tested.
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
If you are homeschooling independently, rest assured that your children's chances of getting into a good college should be higher, not lower.
It isn't just SAT scores colleges look for; they want people who are above average in their accomplishments too. It reflects well upon the schools and helps to maintain their prestigious reputations.
4. More Socially Adept
Homeschooled children score above schoolchildren in social competency, which makes sense. Children who don't spend 8 hours in school will have a lot more time for socializing.
Practice makes perfect.
Eventually, with more practice, homeschoolers will exceed their schooled peers who spend their school days in classrooms. What little social interaction schoolchildren do have is usually with children their own age.
Spending the majority of time with one’s peers is limiting to their social skill development. and personally and professionally, good social skills will always be critical to one’s ability to get a long with others.
5. Makes for More Interesting People
With more time on their hands, homeschooled children are able to develop a stronger sense of self and engage in all sorts of learning adventures from family travel to starting home businesses.
And this is on top of the hobbies and skills they are engaged in as well.
People who have more interests and who have had more experiences in life, especially of the unusual sort, tend to be more interesting people. And like attracts like.
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
The more interesting the people your children engage with, the more unusual the opportunities will be that come their way.
6. Independent Minds
Homeschooled children, taught at home (not in co-ops or on computers) tend to have more independent minds. An independent mind is a quality of leadership, whether of self or others, and people who can think for themselves will always be of more value than those who can't.
Independent minds are difficult to foster when children are taught in groups and expected to conform to the group thinking. Obviously, this isn't the case in a homeschool, where children are taught independently and encouraged to think more deeply.
And independent thinkers are not a dime a dozen. Think supply and demand.
7. Creativity is the Seed of Genius
Children who are given wholesome childhoods and allowed to begin academic training when they are developmentally ready, and not a day sooner, will have the time in childhood to develop more creative minds.
Creativity is the seed of genius. All new ideas and inventions are born out of a mind who can think out of the box and imagine new possibilities.
We suffer from a dearth of creativity today because children are not getting the kind of childhood’s they need to foster their creativity.
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
We want to raise creative children, so their minds are free to roam the heavens for new ideas and inventions. Why limit our children's intellectual capabilities when we can raise them to be and do so much more?
Therefore, if you want your children to live more fulfilling and interesting lives and with more opportunities awaiting them, the solution is to homeschool your children.
It's the fastest growing form of education today because it works.
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Elizabeth Y. Hanson is a homeschooling thought-leader and the founder of Smart Homeschooler.
As an Educator, Homeschool Emerita, Writer, and Love and Leadership Certified Parenting Coach, she has 21+ years of experience working in education.
Developing a comprehensive understanding of how to raise and educate a child, based on tradition and modern research, and she devotes her time to helping parents to get it right.
Elizabeth is available for one-on-one consultations as needed.
"I know Elizabeth Y. Hanson as a remarkably intelligent, highly sensitive woman with a moral nature and deep insight into differences between schooling and education. Elizabeth's mastery of current educational difficulties is a testimony to her comprehensive understanding of the competing worlds of schooling and education. She has a good heart and a good head. What more can I say?”
—John Taylor Gatto Distinguished educator, public speaker, and best-selling author of Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
