More and more parents are choosing to take their children out of the school system and opt for homeschoolin instead. Jeanette Everson is one the ever increasing number of parents who took the challenge and was convinced she made the right decision.
The statistics showed that 1.77 million of students between 5 to 17 were educated at home in 2012. This year it reached the mark of over 2 million in United States alone. This may be shocking especially if you're a stranger to the growth of the homeschooling movement.
Mrs.Everson observed how life in school was affecting her daughter. "It was something I wish I had always done because school didn't suit her right from the start." She said.
The experience of helplessness became taxing to Mrs. Everson as she has to go about very early to send her daughter to school everyday. There were a lot of other facotrs that added to the mom's predicament such as peer pressure and lack of alternatives for a better school environmet for her daughter. This made Mrs. Everson send her daughter to school when she was only 4 because the only alternative was another year in pre-school. - Reports Westmeath Topic.
Still, parents may not shake the fact of the decision-making of taking a child out of school is daunting and intimidating. Many parents cannot help but wonder if this is right for their family or if they are capable of teaching academically. An article from CBN News might help answer these questions.
Now it happens that parents like Mrs.Everson find a lot of resources and curriculums online making homeschooling simple. In the end, families like the Eversons, who took the venture of homeschooling their children instead of sending them to school, affirm that the right decision they've made.
Here's a video of Fox News interviewing Sam Sorbo, wife of actor Kevin Sorbo, and author of the book 'They're Your Kids: An Inspirational Journey from Self-Doubter to Home School Advocate', was quoted saying "Anything is better than public school".
