I home-schooled my oldest for one year simply because it was best for him. I am NOT opposed to homeschooling, however, politically speaking or given this question many that I have met in the homeschooling world do it because of their religious convictions of not wanting their children to be in the world. I am also aware there a many who homeschool their children because it is a much better method of literally educating their children.
I am sorry that I came across in sounding like homeschooling was a put down because it was not. I know a very very religious former public school teacher, taught in the inner city, that would not send their child to a public school, but there was not one thing about public education that should be changed. Oh this person is a very very liberal even draped in a religious dress.
Not wanting one's children in the world is not the same as thinking that one is too good for others. Or am I misunderstanding you? I don't know about you, but my children don't come out of the womb knowing right from wrong and having the ability to stand up for what is right. And putting them right smack dab in the middle of people who aren't acting as they should, isn't always the best way to teach those skills. Many children, when immersed in negative behavior, will pick it right up. Why? Because they are young and very impressionable. So, if a parent wants to take time (outside of the "world") to teach his or her child how to do what is right when others are doing wrong, what is the problem with that? If the parents teach this for 18 years by controlling who the child hangs out with, so what? Does this mean that the parent thinks his family is too good for the rest of the "world"? I don't think so. It just means that the parent is choosing a different way of teaching how to do what's right when others are doing wrong than the parent who sends his child off to school to learn those things there.
A little bit about me...I have homeschooled all four of my children for the last 16 years. My oldest will be graduating from college this year and my second oldest is headed off to college to be a freshman. I've got two more still at home.
If I'm still misunderstanding what you said about some homeschoolers thinking they're too good for others just because they don't want their children negatively influenced in school, then please forgive me.
Not wanting one's children in the world is not the same as thinking that one is too good for others. Or am I misunderstanding you? I don't know about you, but my children don't come out of the womb knowing right from wrong and having the ability to stand up for what is right. And putting them right smack dab in the middle of people who aren't acting as they should, isn't always the best way to teach those skills. Many children, when immersed in negative behavior, will pick it right up. Why? Because they are young and very impressionable. So, if a parent wants to take time (outside of the "world") to teach his or her child how to do what is right when others are doing wrong, what is the problem with that? If the parents teach this for 18 years by controlling who the child hangs out with, so what? Does this mean that the parent thinks his family is too good for the rest of the "world"? I don't think so. It just means that the parent is choosing a different way of teaching how to do what's right when others are doing wrong than the parent who sends his child off to school to learn those things there.
A little bit about me...I have homeschooled all four of my children for the last 16 years. My oldest will be graduating from college this year and my second oldest is headed off to college to be a freshman. I've got two more still at home.
If I'm still misunderstanding what you said about some homeschoolers thinking they're too good for others just because they don't want their children negatively influenced in school, then please forgive me.