[freemama]

Homeschooling is not the answer for families with two parents working outside the home and it is not the answer for single parents. In a utopian world maybe everyone who had children would be able financially and capable intellectually and emotionally of homeschooling them, but it just isn't reality.


So what's your next best solution?

(BTW, not all of the parochial schools out there are having moral troubles.)

[valkyrieanne]

Homeschooling is not the answer for families with two parents working outside the home and it is not the answer for single parents. In a utopian world maybe everyone who had children would be able financially and capable intellectually and emotionally of homeschooling them, but it just isn't reality. So what's your next best solution?

I agree, and this is my last year of homeschooling (year 13.) It's a great option for those who *want* to do it. It's not a panacea for anything, and making it sound like one isn't a fair or accurate portrayal. Re: your point about good parochial schools. Not all public schools are bad, either.

[nunoste]

Far more families can afford to have one parent live at home than we give families credit for. The question is would that family give up 2 cars, vacations, etc. to home school their kid. The answer is generally no, but for those parents that do homeschool, the answer is yes.

[chickenlips]

The next best solution to homeschooling is to abolish the Dept of Education and privatize every school in the nation.

[Warlord David]

Homeschooling is not the answer for families with two parents working outside the home and it is not the answer for single parents.

Geezz, I total forgot about the working class. Sorry.

(BTW, not all of the parochial schools out there are having moral troubles.)

Yea, but that number is getting smaller, unfortunately!

One good ideal who time has long ago pass is, discipline in the schools.
If I come up with any other idea, I let you know.

[FITZ]

Homeschooling is not the answer for families with two parents working outside the home and it is not the answer for single parents.

The next best solution? Going to school and homeschooling aren't mutually exclusive. What is wrong with many public school kids is their parents don't homeschool --- the public school kids who do well have parent(s) who teach them --- any parent who thinks they can leave it all up to the teachers isn't a good parent.