Homeschoolers get social as more families go non-public
CHAPEL HILL -- Trash everything you think you know about homeschooling.
Forget the images of a small family sitting around a table, working out arithmetic problems. Toss out the thought of children whose only friends are their parents, brothers and sisters.
Today's homeschoolers say they are nothing like that.
A very positive article that interviews support group leaders in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. My own contribution followed the comments of Ingrid Towey, leader of the Christian Homeschool Association of Greater Durham:
... the Toweys' decision to home-school wasn't based solely on religion.
"I just thought it was the best thing for our children, to allow them to learn at their own pace," Towey said. "It allows them to bolster their weaknesses, and run with their strengths. Yet it very much feels like God has called us to home-school. He has enabled us to home-school."
But most families do home-school for religious reasons, more flexible academics or social concerns, said Hal Young, president of North Carolinians for Home Education.
"Most families, if you talk with them, will pick one as the main reason, but admit they've considered all of the above," Young said. "My wife and I are Evangelical Christians and want that to be reflected in our children's education, but we're definitely 'all of the above' in the fuller scheme of things."
More than two-thirds of home educators are involved in a state or local organization, or both, Young said.
"Home-schooling is an individual activity, but it's not solitary," he said. "The support is key."
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