I think any parent should be allowed to homeschool their children if they are able too, though some are not.  As long as all the standard tests for all the critera are being passed on a level capable of the child attending college one day, or being educated to make a living for themselves and maybe a family, I don't think the government should ban it.  After all, we teach them from the time they are born until, if they do, they enter public or private schools.   Further I think parents  that find themselves lacking in one particular subject should be allowed to join together with other parents that know the subject and share the teaching.

 

When my children were young, it never occured to me to homeschool them.  The idea just never crossed my mind.  I attended 13 years of public school and I got a good education.  I really don't think I could have done a better job than the teachers that were trained to teach my children.  My children were exposed to a lot of things, some good, some bad, that they might not have experienced otherwise.  BUT, So very many, things have changed since then.  If I were a young mother, now, with school aged children I think I would seriously consider homeschooling.    I respect and admire any parent that takes on the responsibility of teaching their own Children. 

 

I also respect those that send their children to public school,  if they know they are not up to teaching them themselves, or to private school if they can afford it.  Even with a child in a public or private school, the parents can still take an active role in what their child is learning, and continue that training at home based on what the parents ideals are about any subject.

 

Maybe the government should spend more time considering what is, and what is not, being taught in public school.

 

Sadly there are to many parents that just don't care, because they are busy satisfying themselves.  So many parents both have to work now, just to keep the wolf away from the door.  Either way what the child is learning sometimes gets totally neglected.   There are way to many kids that are one day going to be running the nation that don't know much and don't care much about anything, including themselves.

 

In Christ

Cindy