Is homeschooling going to be the new normal for kids? || Motherhood In Progress
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I've heard so many reasons why people choose to homeschool. Being away from the bullying and gun violence in schools, more time outside, more time with family, kids being able to learn what makes sense to them and their families, less time with transitions and more time spent actually learning, easier to have better nutrition, covid, kids being neurodivergent, being able to travel when they want, learning more through play and activities, being able to spend time with more people of all ages, being able to move more quickly through a curriculum or focus more on what's harder or more interesting for their kids, etc.
It's odd to me that online schooling is considered homeschooling. It seems completely different. yes, the location is flexible, unlike while attending a typical school, but the child is still enrolled at a school and needs to follow the school schedule, just like when public schools were doing virtual learning a few years ago.
@dennycorsa5760 there's a difference between homescholing with an online program and online schooling - it's not exactly homeschooling if you have to follow the same exact schedule as the local district and the public school provides the required curriculum/ lessons. Now granted some states I believe have a certain "list" of approved curriculum but you usually still have the choice of what you use & flexible schedule.
@@dennycorsa5760 theres a difference between online tutoring, and schooling from classes in actual schools that had to do it online in lockdown. There's a site for homeschooling families called dreaming spires, they chose a course and get tutored depending on the day, (which is only one or two) in the afternoon, and outside of that get to make friends with other homeschoolers on forums the site provides, and then meet them in real life in meet up events. Highly recommend.
Let’s not forget that down through history a lot of wealthy families had private tutors. Getting a one on one education can truly be superior to a one on thirty education.
That’s a bit of an oversimplification. In most cases, they hired tutors because education wasn’t publicly available at all. It wasn’t an alternative education; it was the only education outside of trade skills. Schools for children, even the richest children, are a very recent development in most parts of the world outside of a religious context (and even those are very religion-specific).
Single mother homeschooler here
My primary reason for homeschooling was to buy back my sons childhood. And give him the space and time to play and grow
So happy to see your comment. Single mom to a son here too, and planning to homeschool when we get to that point.
I hope you know how amazing you are. Parents like you deserve everything and more!
This question is purely from a curiosity pov, not at all accusatory, but how do you afford it? As in, how do you afford to be at home with your child (which is great!) and not have to work full-time/ multiple jobs? Tia
@@ljcj4695 I do work. I would not be able to afford it otherwise. And I am not at all offended by your questions, we live a different lifestyle than others and you dont know if you dont know :)
I think, and have heard, from a lot of families, that their kids were sent home in 2020, a lot of mysterious problems went away. Their kid wasnt having constant stomach aches anymore. Their outbursts stopped. They were getting a full nights rest. They werent in a constant state of stress like public school puts a lot of kids. My parents started homeschooling me in 6th grade because of bullying and I became a different kid. I think a lot of parsnts realized how much harm school was doing to their child and weren't willing to go back.
It’s a myth that schools were created to educate children in the first place.
I never saw myself being a stay at home, homeschooling Mom, but it is one of the most fulfilling parts of my life now. And even on the days where I doubt my ability (which trained teachers also do!), I always know I can’t screw up my kid’s education as much as the public school system. Lol
Lol I say this to everyone - I've been a teacher, I've seen our schools, and I am very familiar with the data. You literally can't do any worse than the schools, so there's nothing to lose.
Thanks for beeing such a good mother!
You can screw up your kid's education. Depends what u teach it.
@UmaCatLvr-y9z you really can't do worse than the schools. If your kids can read at a 6th grade level by graduation they're already ahead of the majority of their peers at this point.
@@ladyjulbug You can do way worse if you are brainwashing your child with negative and hateful ideologies.
Now that my kids are teens and I’ve gained quite a bit of experience, one thing I feel like I’ve learned is that every kid is different. I’m a big believer in doing whatever is best for each kid, within your reasonable ability. We currently have one who is homeschooled, one who is in a performing arts magnet school (she was homeschooled last year), one in a general education high school, and two in small group special education programs. It is sometimes a bit overwhelming on me as the mom, but I have no regrets because I am confident each of them is in the best place for them and their needs and personality.
The kids can't read in public school anymore either to my understanding. My preschooler is moving to kindergarten and instead of working on phonics, they're working on word recognition. We're gonna start implementing things at home to help them with the phonics side. I have heard the argument of "Well, you have to do your side as a parent." Which was always the intention, but my parents didn't teach me to read back when i was in school. I learned it all in the classroom. Same with my siblings. The curriculum is fucked.
Seriously, things *are* different now. In my district kids do not get assigned chapter books in third/fourth grade. School has *changed*.
I went to public school. Started my kid in our neighborhood school, which is considered better than average for our area. He was learning nothing (except the feral, consumerist, violent culture of children raised by RUclips). Video game time in the classroom amounted to *hours* per day in first through third grade. Kids were allowed to freely graze on Fruit-by-the-Foot all day. Assignments were never graded--there was simply no accountability for the kids as learners, at all.
I can't afford private school and I'm not going to let my kid's mind go to waste. So, after a year at home, now he's back on track, getting a rigorous education. My husband and I are very lucky to have flexible schedules and four degrees between us--we would have no other options otherwise.
It's understandable that there's stigma when there's zero regulation and a bunch of people teaching their kids that Jesus rode dinosaurs but I really think these hot takes underestimate just how bad schools are right now.
i highly recommend the podcast Sold a Story if you’re interested in this topic! really great deep dive into why kids can’t read (spoiler alert: it comes down to money and politics…what a surprise!)
I was reading by age 5. My parents taught me. I have a friend who taught herself to read.
I love this style of video where you're researching a topic and presenting it with an open mind!! The momfluencer we need! :))
Reasons not related to the shitty education system:
1. School shootings
2. School stabbings
3. Bullying
4. Violent kids
5. Lice
6. A new illness every month
My kids will get plenty of socialization in after school sports/activities, and most homeschooling programs have a few days a week where you meet in person with other homeschooling kids on campus for group activities.
I’m planning on homeschooling for so many reasons. Primarily, I’m passionate about giving my kids a high quality education and I don’t want them to get overlooked in a big classroom at school. Also, we could spend much less time doing school during the day, and then when my husband gets home from work, we can spend time as a family instead of just having the kids working on homework. I had my reservations about it initially, but the more research I did the more I became convinced it was the best option for our family.
The homework thing is so huge. So many adults don't seem to have any hobbies they enjoy (so they mindlessly scroll instead), and my suspicion is that one of the reasons is the overscheduling and oversaturation of kids.
I babysat, and we'd frequently have to continue doing homework after dinner, despite having started right as the poor kids came from school, it was insane.
You are awesome for doing the research and deciding the best for your family.
I was a public school teacher and went to public school myself. I started homeschooling because my son was going downhill before my eyes. Turns out he is profoundly dyslexic. He needs extensive modifications and accommodations that would have never been possible in public school. How do I “know” this? I taught special education. Now we have all of our kids home and they are thriving. My kids are so close, my teens actually talk to me 😅 and I can taylor their education to each individual child.
taylor. Its tailor. Youre a teacher. Learn to spell.
I am planning to do homeschool because I was bullied for my entire school experience. Elementary through Highschool. I became fed up and didn't graduate because the environment was so hostile.
I also felt I wasn't learning anything useful and actually learned more from experiencing life.
This is my exact experience and why I want to homeschool.
Same, I was also R worded in the school bathroom and multiple people could hear my cries and nothing was done about it, I was further bullied and threatened if I didn’t hush up about it. Nothing was done about it except kicking him off the football team, and even then they just let him in on a different one. Public school truly made me want to off myself.
@@WhimsicalCrochet sorry you experienced that. Those were my darkest years as well. 💕
Persistent bulling is such a huge factor in learning. If you’re anxious, scared all day, how is your mind ever going to learns?
I am worried about the amount of home schooling simply because it indicates the school system and government are failing us. I'm sure there are good home school parents, but there's definitely a lot who don't understand how to properly teach. But our public education systems are generally so poor right now, that it may not be as much of a difference from being home schooled. Rich areas have better schools, but that's not the norm. And nothing changes because no one in our government prioritizes children learning anymore.
I home educate BECAUSE I taught for 10 years before becoming a mother. Enough said.
As a homeschooling mom of four, when you say, “why would you take on that burden when we have people to do that for you?” I laughed because I SO feel that but it’s just so wrong 🤣 the people we have just aren’t that great and I like my kids. But man it is in fact a burden some days 😮💨
We live in Poland. I wanted to homeschool my son, but realized, he prefers to learn in a structured class environment with other kids around. We still do a lot at home, read, go for trips, discuss. But he doesn't want to miss a day at school, gets great learning results, before he was struggling at home. He's got friends at school and regrets there are only 10 kids in his class (with 2 teachers). He also has 4 hrs 1:1 teaching at school. I tried micro-school setting, but kids there were super close together and didn't want him in. I was afraid of public school but it's good for him at least for now. He's also on the autism spectrum and ADHD, speech and developmental delay which improved since he went to more structured public school. Also, no private school wanted him because of his issues. He's an only child, and we don't have any extended family near by, so he loves being around kids.
I think that everyone can find the best way to educate their children and there's no one best way for everyone.
I highly recommend checking out homeschool groups in your area, there are also groups specially for neurodivergent children to hang out and become friends. There's pretty much no risk of bullying in both as well.
I've homeschooled for 10 years, since my now 16 year old got to first grade and his teacher lied, claiming he didn't know how to read and should be put in special education classes. That's what's typically done with black children, especially boys. Problem is, he could read. And I knew it wasn't the standard in our state for any child to read by 1st grade, so I took him out the second week and haven't looked back, 6 additional children later. He's been reading at a college level for many years now, and he can think for himself, unlike too many of his peers.
Black parents should definitely avoid public and private schools, our children are targets for many nefarious agendas. The rest of you should consider homeschooling too, because why would you outsource the feeding, raising, disciplining, discipling, and education of your children to the government or ANY entity? Some of you even have the government chauffering your children to and from the schools, it's a terrible thing IMO.
R u a fundie?
Our city’s public school system is millions in debt just due to transportation costs
I homeschooled when my kid's school shut down during the pandemic and the state (the islands in Hawaii) went into lockdown. It was really hard, bc I'm a lab scientist by training, and by no means an educator for little ones! It was an eye opening experience, and if I had to do homeschooling again, I might. I do teach my child my native language at home though. In my home country (Japan), firearm violence is practically unheard of, so it's always on my mind living in the US.
For me it's school shootings, the way kids act these days due to social media or not being patented well. There is so much disrespect, low accountability for actions and so much more. We were at thw Park one day and this little kid saw telling another "F you you F-ing N-word" and I was like, NOPE! I don't want my kid learning this kind of behavior from other kids. I like knowing I'm bringing up a respectful, kind child without all the craziness goinf on in schools these days.
We have always planned to homeschool even before we had kids. We are Christians, but I also just want to have more time with my kids and for them to have the freedom to learn what interests them. My husband was homrschooled and he has a lifelong love of learning that I do not after being public schooled.
My husband was homeschooled he can do anything and is climbing the ladder at work and always out perform everyone around him.
My son is following along ,
We have always homeschooled for 13 years they are thriving they out perform authentic public school kids around here, they are more behaved and nice then most of these public school kids also my 9 yr old doesn't know what having sex is like the public school kids around here. We homeschool but we have been around s ton of public school kids on our community not one of them kids were s decoded human it's sad they were all rude and obsessed with being older and talking "sexy" and being sexual. I really hope not all public school kids aren't thst way.
I know my kids get a better education more of a variety of socializing not just with the same kids of the same age but with people of all ages and cultures and they get to be kids.
Fundie school
When you remove online schooling through a public school, private school, charter school, and whatnot, the number of homeschoolers hasnt gine ip nearly as much. I say this because, legally speaking, those families cannot claim to be homeschoolers. Homeschool isnt just location; It's who manages the schooling.
Clap, clap, clap. Yes. Home education is not online learning. Home education is who is in charge of it. Online charter schools is NOT homeschooling. I'm glad it is an option, sure, but it isn't home education.
A lot of new people started homeschooling in California due to the gender confusion agenda in the curriculum, thats what new homeschoolers are telling me. I homeschooled way before covid and all this stuff so its interesting to hear peoples reasons
And California is obsessed with vaccinating children without parents consent
I was homeschooled growing up by Conservative Christian parents. Beyond the creationism, the academic skills of my siblings and I were generally above that of our peers. I ended up choosing to homeschool after 4 years of having to teach our kid everything ourselves anyway because the school either couldn't or wouldn't adapt teaching styles for their needs and introduced shame for their difficulty that I'd have to unteach while coaching them through the unfinished worksheets they brought home because they didn't understand the way the teacher taught. It was frustrating because the school acknowledged they were intelligent and curious about the world, but claimed the reason our kid wasn't learning is because they "weren't applying themselves". They learned fine when we encouraged their curiosity though. Given the state of the school system these days I honestly think they're learning more at home than they could have at school, and we're barely structured about it.
For real, if your kids keep ahead of the game and not waste time like public school I bet they could start higher education super early and get a job early too. Get a head start in life
I hope u dont teach creationism. Its an untrue, crazy idea.
Many kids are sent to the next grade without being able to pass the standardized tests and don’t have the skills of their own grade level. So, yes, we will be homeschooling
I am 29 and I had this issue for all of elementary. My mom pushed to hold me back but public school would not let that happen. As soon as I got into 6th grade it was so much harder for me, teachers weren't as accommodating for me and frankly mean at times. My mom pulled me out. She decided to check out a private school and when they tested me, I was at a 4th grade level (but somehow in public school still got A's). Putting me in private school helped me so much. I went back a grade and they worked to get me up to speed. I always begged my mom to homeschool me, but I think that wasn't so much of an option for her.
Good for you this has been an issue for generations
People don’t realize how few students are actually learning in public schools. We’ve done both and my kids public classroom peers are so behind. I’m considering homeschooling again soon because of how little they’re getting from all the hours they stay there.
That was my daughter, has a mild form of dyslexia struggled so much in school, she is now reading and writing in two languages since she has been educated at home.
I do get curious how children will adjust from a lifestyle of just a couple of hours dedicated study/work time each day (and enjoying their family for the majority of the day) to entering into either college or the workforce that suddenly demands many consecutive hours of dedicated focus on a daily basis.
I think that it can definitely be a shock at first, but I think it really depends on how the family homeschools. All of the homeschooled children I grew up around worked from a younger age and had a better understanding of work life and home life balance.
They must do well. They score higher overall. Statistics show they are also more mentally stable. Lastly, they participate in extracurricular activities. Like sports, co-op groups, library buddy systems, "play dates," church activities, etc etc..
Usually as the child gets older, the workload increases also. It isn't always 3 hours of work every day from 1st-12th grade.
@@turnovertheleaf5505 Church! Fundie education!
Another reason people homeschool is screen time. I think we are doing kids a major disservice by using screens in school. Technology will change by the time they are adults they do not need to “learn” how to use screens at a young age.
Gun violence and the strict structure around school. So many reasons for homeschool. Also homeschool has many groups/outdoor school and options it doesn’t mean your child will be a loner as media wants you to think
I don't want to be afraid of public school and I never was till I had a child and gun violence became the leading cause of death for children. I live in one of those neighborhoods where "stuff like this doesn't happen." I vaccinate my children from harmful illnesses but there is no guarantee they can be protected from a school shooting and I am terrified.
I don't think I have the strength to homeschool long term but I did find an extremely affordable secular curriculum to just play with the idea (my kiddos only 3 so there's no pressure.) I hope I'm not too afraid to send them to school if that's what's best but imagining them practicing piling desks in front of a door, turning off the lights and hiding from the "big bad wolf" behind their teachers desk literally brings tears to my eyes.
Thanks for sharing this video. The more awareness the more GOOD options for this stuff gets created.
Homeschooling can be a great option, especially for families with uncommon life circumstances or limited school choices. If parents can link up with other homeschoolers or other community resources, they can lighten their own load while keeping their kids socialized and improving their kids’ educations. What concerns me is the general lack of oversight in a lot of states: some states have documentation requirements, but a lot of states don’t require any kind of record-keeping or essential at all, so kids can conceivably graduate from homeschooling without learning grammar rules or percentages or how the government works. I worry for the kids whose parents are comfortable skipping the topics and skills that they don’t enjoy or haven’t personally found useful. A lot of parents do a great job making sure their kids have a well-rounded education, but that’s entirely because of the parents’ own diligence and values, not because of any outside requirement.
My sister had a terrible experience with school in kindergarten kids telling her to kill herself i will not allow that to happen to my son he will most definitely be homeschooled
I hope so! I don't want to lose those thousands of hours that school takes away from you. I really wish there were more options for schooling. A part time/half day school would also be really cool.
We tried this in my town and it didn’t end up working out. I’m assuming it depends on population, but parents who worked full time didn’t find it worked for them.
My husband and I both went to public school and we did well, but we have decided to homeschool our children. It is our 4th year, and it has been wonderful.
The truth is, the school system is not the same now as it was when we were in school in the 90s/2000s. There has been a huge decline in the quality of public education, so much data out there about kids in high school being unable to read and do simple math. We choose to strive for a high level of academic rigor in our home, and in general, homeschool kids outperform public school kids academically.
Plus our children get way more socialization than their public school counterparts. Instead of being confined to the same room with the same group of kids exactly their same age everyday, my kids interact with other children and adults with of various ages in a variety of settings- sports at the Y, paying at checkout counters, touring local businesses, volunteering, and the list goes on. We have met and learned from such a diverse group of people. And as their parent, I cherish all the time I get to spend with them and everything I get to learn alongside them.
I don’t think my hubby will ever be gong ho about me homeschooling our kids. However, I am just forever grateful I got to be a SAHM & breastfed my 2 babies!! Im looking to work part time from home nowadays, so homeschooling doesn’t fit my life. I just can’t handle the homeschooling haha ❤
Reading some of John Taylor Gatto's books will clear many things up, especially once you know his credentials. I highly recommend Dumbing Us Down and The Underground History of American Education.
yup!
I’m in Ontario I don’t know how people can even afford to do this.
I'm not a parent but wanted to homeschool if I'd become a parent. I would have had a hard time affording that, but I like the idea of the freedom and being outside more and teaching kids what they are interested more and teaching them at their level rather than at the average level of the class.
Here are the reasons why we chose to homeschool during Covid and then continue to homeschool afterwards. 1) The school schedule that or distract was going to have our kids do during Covid was insane (4 days one and one week off) and there was no way that that would work for my kids who need a lot of consistency 2) Our kids have special needs and I was in your school all the time or getting phone calls all the time because my kids were struggling with school even before the pandemic 3) My kids were learning so much more at home, they were happier and more secure 4) Were has had to try homeschooling and I found out that it wasn’t as scary as I thought and that I actually enjoyed it! 5) Homeschooling has been such a wonderful life change and is life changing for our family… Therefore, we didn’t go back to public school…
I have been following you since you first started your channel. I’m obsessed with the fact that your touching on this subject and looking into this. I’m all the more excited to see your future videos
I wish I found out how amazing homeschooling is sooner.
Ah yeah, no I get the 'oh hell no I ain't waking THIS kid up THAT early!'.
There’s lots of different homeschooling families, so many different kinds ! I homeschool my kids because i can customize my childs education to whatever they need! ❤
You mean, whatever u need!
We’re homeschooling! I was homeschooled with my three other siblings all the way through school and we all loved it and thrived. My husband was public schooled and didn’t have any major negatives, but he’s super excited about the decision to homeschool! We’re thrilled to start diving into it over here 👏🏻 We personally want to take on a lot of the teaching rather than opt for an online eduction version, but love co-ops and being active in the local homeschool community!
I found your video by accident, buy i’m happy I did. I’m an immigrant living in Italy and i’ve been considering home schooling my first child and that’s not something that people do here. It’s great to hear the perspectives from someone on the other side of the world about this subject 😊
We’re thinking of homeschooling when my daughter gets old enough. I have a math degree and definitely feel qualified to give her a good education. Many of my friends are public school teachers and they’ve told me it’s changed a lot since we were in school. They said they would not put their kids in public school unless they absolutely had to. For us, it depends on if we have more kids. I don’t feel right keeping her home if she’s an only child since she is very much an extrovert.
The critical race theory was the start of me wanting to homeschool. I’m glad some states banned CRT, but I was in a state that it wasn’t banned. I’ll forever be grateful for Covid and CRT and all of this stuff though because I probably never would have thought about homeschooling. There are so many benefits, and my kids and myself enjoy it.
Thanks for this video! So informative. I’ve been curious as to why people are homeschooling and what would this mean in terms of drawbacks for the children. There could be a follow up video on what this means for the kids !
Thanks for exploring this topic. As someone who loved going to public school, I've wondered what is causing this shift to homeschooling that we've been seeing. I am very definitely concerned about mass shootings when it comes to my own kids and wish those issues would be addressed because we do not plan on homeschooling, but also want to feel like our kids will be safe.
I'm considering homeschooling when I have kids because kids are DROWNED in homework around here. It's ridiculous. I want my children to be children, not to be sitting for hours doing things that aren't even useful.
I know your audience is probably mostly US based but wondering if you found any data on Canadian trends. Is homeschooling on the rise here too?
Totally! I leaned into the American info because most my community is American. Plus the trend in Canada is pretty similar!
The truth is that the richest country in the world has decided to NOT invest in public school, mainly because of rich, conservative religious groups lobbying against it. Why? Because rich people will get good education no matter what the government does. If not in rich private schools in the US then outside the country.
"I like uneducated people" is the slogan for the US.
As an expat in Korea, Asia and Europe are way ahead of us in education. As good as homeschooling can be, there is a serious chance may kids can be exploited and under educated. I just feel many of todays parents are breeding children who will be under equipped to be competitive in a changing global world
The Department of Education is plenty funded but it is still a failure.
I really appreciate all the research you put into this video. It was refreshing.
My kids are right around the same age as yours and as someone contemplating homeschool, this was insightful.
Thank you!
People care so much about the history being taught, but the unfortunate truth is that no matter who is doing the teaching, the child is likely to encounter a significant amount of propaganda about the past during their childhood and into their adult lives, both from educators/parents who are misinformed about certain topics and from the media which actively propagates it. Children are far better served by classes in logic, financial literacy, and emotional intelligence than history, second languages, and math past algebra. Americans have been stunlocked in finding new ways of teaching the same subjects and have completely ignored evaluating the subjects that are taught
The appeal I find with homeschooling is the little time it takes to teach a kid what they need it makes regular school seem like a waist of time.
People of all different backgrounds are tired of schools failing their kids in a huge variety of ways. I’ve been homeschooling for many years. I am a conservative Christian but we hang out with families of many backgrounds that homeschool now. The view that homeschool kids are these sheltered, awkward, nonsocial kids is very out dated.
I was never homeschooled or knew anyone until college, and now I would love to do it with my kids and one of my main reasons is I became friends with MANY people who were homeschooled in College, and I was shocked by their good study habits, and how much they actually loved to learn. I was always a good student, and I did like school. But I was shocked to feel so behind these homeschooled kids who had been on their own and already established good study habits that weren't just focused on "memorizing and testing." I think its so terrible that so many kids nowadays hate learning, that should never be a thinkg. We should love to learn up until the day we die. I would love to hopefully teach my children that same thought process.
There is an increase in homeschool because public school is in crisis. Once it ceases to be in crisis, it will go back.
This is really well researched ❤
Content like this on RUclips is very important because typically things that fall under these topics land in the conservative Christian demographic. (Whatever, to each their own) but it’s important to have diverse voices. I love mom content but have had such a hard time finding pages that lean more towards the secular side. I really appreciate your videos! And good job with all the research, this is great info to share
I chose to homeschool my 3 little boys for many reasons but MOSTLY to integrate our Christian faith and to give my boys the freedom to learn at their unique pace and PLAY! Little boys sitting still and quiet for 40 hours a week sounds like torture. These are just a couple of the many reasons we chose to homeschool.
What is ur christian faith?
My daughter is starting homeschooling in a couple weeks ❤ Kindergarten. My main reason is we live simplier so my husband is able to support us and I am able to stay home with my two kids (tubes removed, no more kids lol ). I want more time with my kids while they are little, which is the main reason for homeschooling. Not religious and I consider myself "independent" with politics
As a teacher who has done research on the history of schools in America, my opinion is that traditional schools are terrible for most children. Not educational, terrible for their self-esteem, terrible for their social skills, and terrible for their sense of identity. I would only put my kids in school if I had 0 other options.
I agree!
Technically homeschooling is traditional schooling, as the concept of schools aren't as old as people think
One thing that could point to the growth of homeschooling in blue states is conservative parents being dissatisfied with their kids in public schools in those states and pulling them out. I’m in a red state as a left wing person and I’ve even heard parents here being afraid that their kids will be taught “liberal” stuff they don’t agree with which is not really happening, conservative & religious teaching is though.
I'm a left wing person in the red state of Idaho, and contemplating homeschooling for my daughter. So there are some of us out there! 😊
That's actually incorrect. There is hundreds upon hundreds of proof of leftism indoctrination in schools, while little to none of religious.
Left home educators have been around for decades. It used to be a hippie thing of not wanting or trusting the government to be involved or wanting more freedom in education or fearful of their children's safety in school...a lot of hippie things have become conservative Christian things. It's really not us jumping on any bandwagon, we were already here.
That juggling has to happen with schools as well - it's really not cut and dry, particularly for younger children as not everywhere has wraparound childcare that fit typical jobs. There is always a balancing act.
I home educated my children for elementary, I let them choose after that with some discussion, they all chose at different ages. I also sit on a school board. Many in education are talking about this rise, but few actually have much desire to understand home educators. I've had the head of education welfare in my local area call all home educating parents arrogant and regularly grouped in with children missing education.
Parents including religious instruction as a reason doesn't mean it's the main or only reason. My main reasons were flexibility for a child's development and safeguarding - I was not comfortable sending my child to school until they could clearly tell me when there is an issue. I'd also put religious education in as it's something I value along with relationship education and health education.
I hope its not negative or hateful religious education.
I've been trying to put my finger on who you remind me of and I finally figured it out- Violet from the Incredibles!
I think the map with the liberal versus conservative states may have been interpreted incorrectly. I don't think liberals are taking their children out of public schools - it is the conservatives within the liberal states that are doing this. The more liberal the state - the more homeschooling because conservatives don't trust their kids in the public schools.
Crazy but true.
I'm autistic, and navigating the public school system was hugely damaging to me. In fact, I would say that education is broadly responsible for at least 80% of my trauma. And this, despite having absolutely wonderful teachers. I ran away to college from high school at the end of my freshman year, and I would have jumped ship earlier, if my parents hadn't been concerned about the social consequences.
That said, I am wary of most nuclear family models of homeschooling, including Unschooling. What I want is for children to have more unstructured access to each other (without strict peer-group age-segregation) and for kids to be less rigidly cordoned off from the adult world. I can't fix either of those problems, within the limited scope of my own small family unit. So I need systems that involve a lot of people of all different ages coming together.
I'd probably prefer something like a Sudbury-style school, but I'd basically have to **make** one.
I think one of the driving forces behind pretty much all reasons to homeschool (outside of that stereotypical very religious fringe) is that it’s political. The more private educational companies stand to profit, the more families becoming single income households, the more underfunded and less important free, accessible and equitable public education becomes. I absolutely hold no grudge against a parenting choosing to homeschool because their child is not safe or being underserved, but the elephant in the room is that public education is suffering and when it suffers the whole of society suffers. There is a political element to this, based on parties or movements that want a less democratic and less equitable society - and they absolutely want to continue the diminishment of public education, because it further stratifies our society, increases the gap between rich and poor, and makes us easier to control.
Your so real and wise ❤ I have to homeschool this year because public school is teaching values and ideologies, social and political that we dont agree with, theres more violence in the classroom, and my teen was told by a teacher to sit down she doesnt like white men.
Questionable religious practices?
@@UmaCatLvr-y9z cult member?
@@justpeachy697 u probably are, fundie.
justpeachy697 Youre the fundie.
@@UmaCatLvr-y9z if you can come here to ridicule my decision based on my beliefs and disregard that educators behavior towards my son then you have exposed yourself as the real AUTHORITARIAN.
I really really appreciate that you took time to research for this video and come with real information to inform your opinion. As a Black professional teacher, I’ve tentatively made the decision to homeschool my children (I have two young kids, and we are considering homeschooling until at least kindergarten). All of the reasons you discuss go into the decision. I feel so much joy in being home with my kids and directing their learning, but also deep sadness that a lack of trust in the school system led me to the decision. I saw a lot as a teacher-and most of it I didn’t like 😓. But homeschooling my kids ultimately doesn’t fix the systemic problems or make things better for anyone else’s kids. I wish I knew how to make things better (I do advocate for public schools and public services, but it’s just a drop in the bucket!). I want better for all our kids.
Anyways, I think it’s really easy for creators to share their opinions and assumptions without really digging in and doing the research. Many creators are also hesitant to talk about issues that aren’t ’their issues’ such as race, because they fear getting it wrong or because they can’t see outside their own bubble. So I really respect your choice to talk about all of it, and I think you found a really empowering and respectful way to do it. Thank you.
Hmm, why are people choosing to homeschool in liberal states?🤔🤔🤔 Maybe because they don’t teach kids there anymore?
Anyways, I certainly decided to homeschool my kids because: 1) I don’t want my kids to get politicized that early, 2) I question the professionalism of the teachers. I’m not religious, I’m an atheist and homosexual, I have a PhD in Biological Physics and BSc in Chemical Physics, so I can certainly teach my kids science better than some people with BEd.
I think there is more homeschooling in liberal states because more conservatives are afraid of what is going on in public schools in liberal states.
Thank you for all your effort in this video. Really appreciated ❤
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I want to homeschool because honestly there’s no one I trust with my future children more than family. I do want to instill what we value most. Kids spend so much time in public school we can’t pretend like we aren’t letting strangers, teachers and other students, influence our kids and who they are becoming significantly.
I want to homeschool any kids i might have because i had an awful school experience and don't trust teachers to keep my future child safe emotionally or physically. I'm from England and grew up in the mid 2000s to late 2010s. I was diagnosed as autistic at 20 years old after constantly begging the adults around me to get me tested all throughout my childhood. My childhood was one of neglect and abuse and I would not wish that on my future child. I don't trust the British education system.
My husband and I had great public school experiences... IN THE 1990s! Families like us are home schooling because IT'S NOT THE 1990s ANYMORE!!! The grandparents complain all the time about their experiences in school being wonderful as if we were still living in the 40s and 50s. Those days have been long gone, even before covid.
Welll they’re still paying property tax so less kids equals more money for those who do go to school
Many ask why there is a homeschool book. I think the better question is why would parents *not* do everything possible in order to homeschool?
I'm a new mom expecting my second with a toddler I will be homeschooling. The school system is going down the drain. Theres more violence among kids and drug use and kids influencing each other to have bad behavior and to act innapropriatly towards others. Meanwhile the schools do not have any form of disciplining the misbehaving kids, they took out all the detention, the suspension, and expulsions. Teachers can't do anything about the class disruptions and disrespect, so kids aren't actually learning most of the time. On top of that there's teachers who would rather teach about gender and sex or race and talk about themselves instead of actually teaching.
I dont want my children to be in that kind of environment for schooling thats a joke of an "education" and is much more dangerous both physically and psychologically to put them in public schools now.
I can find a good online program or a pod or teach them myself and get much better results in a safe environment and just put my kids in sports and other activities outside of homeschooling.
Fundie.
I know you’re Canadian and not as close to the event as I was, as a Minnesotan. However, the police officer who killed George Floyd was convicted of murder. So instead of saying, “the George Floyd incident,” it’s more accurate and respectful to say, “the murder of George Floyd.”
I’m a long time viewer, and I like the topics you’re starting to cover. I was homeschooled through 10th grade and appreciate my experience. I plan to send my children to public school, largely because I have a healthy respect for how much work it is to homeschool well, and I also value the diversity of our neighborhood and want my childrens’ education to reflect that reality.
If she would say that, she would be demonetized by RUclips.
Maybe she also knows that the trial was a farce so she neutrally calls it 'the incident' like how I call it 'the death.'
Sure he was convicted but it is wasn't exactly a fair trial when people were threatening further riots if he wasn't convicted of murder (when it should have been for manslaughter or brutality at worst).
I have grandchildren but I feel a good reason is everyone learns differently but with it being government run you learn what they want you to and they have alot of influence in areas they should not be pushing their opinion.
I really appreciate that you present the facts and information in a non-biased way. Thank you! I love this style of videos. Also, I started homeschooling before the pandemic and I LOVE it! I have always been a natural teacher and now I get to teach my babies, it's so rewarding.
I wish I could homeschool my kids. Unfortunately in my country it's not allowed. 😢
All I can say I love homeschooling! And I was a teacher, and my mom is a special Ed teacher.no we don’t live on a farm, no I don’t have 11 kids (only two) and no we don’t own chickens. I mean the only main struggle I have is keeping the house as tidy as I would like and not having as much time for myself sometimes but overall my husband is very supportive and we work together. I do get time to myself just not as much as maybe a SAHM mom with kids in school would.
Homeschooling is the best only if you have good parents. If you don't then life is gonna pretty bad.
I'm in the middle of our kindergarten year and homeschooling is awesome!!! We use charlotte mason and I highly recommend it if you want thoughtful, dutiful and bright children ❤
Chickens make great math teachers....hahahaha, I make me laugh. We are homeschooling one who is 10 years-old, he also takes enrichment courses. Our reason is because this is the best educational choice for our particular child at this particular time, or I should say the best we have access to.
My baby is 11 weeks old and I am already researching how to homeschool him. I don’t want him to be taught to introduce himself by his “preferred pronouns”, I don’t want people telling him he can change his sex. I don’t want him being told he needs to feel guilt bc of his skin color. I want to teach him that America was the first country to end slavery. I don’t want him growing up starting at a screen. I don’t want the public school system poisoning his mind with liberal nonsense. I’m not going to wait for public schools to get their act together.
From ur attitude, it sounds like u will be poisoning his mind.
This is an interesting topic. I wish you had included more Canadian info. I am an American living in Canada and i get that we see more US info floating around. Still, it seems weird to be commenting on the public school system of a country where you dont live or vote without talking about that. I mean all this as constructive criticism, definitely not an attack. I have been following along for a couple years and love your videos.
first of all, it's not a "burden"
Our oldest just turned 3, so we still have time to consider, but we are considering homeschooling. The environment in public schools have become very toxic and negative. My siblings also struggled to get the help they needed for ADHD in public schools and homeschool provides the option to adapt the "classroom" to meet those needs for neurodivergent children to thrive.
if you want to move to another country to work, you're shit out of luck
my husband is American and moved to my country when we got married. when we were checking how to validate his high school diploma we found out that homeschooling is not a recognized form of education here and if you're homeschooled, you cannot get your studies validated here
it also makes children susceptible to abuse. I've seen videos of homeschooled people whose education was to do chores
Homeschool is completely banned in Germany, where I come from
What part of Germany are you in? We are planning on moving to Germany when my kids are school aged. We are planning on home schooling them.
@@RCP511 it's forbidden in the whole country - no matter where you are from. Homeschooling is NOT ALLOWED in Germany at all
Yeah as the other person mentioned. It's illegal. You will get fined 100%, might have to look up up not sure if there is prison time. It is absolutely ridiculous.
Wow I had no idea. I’ve watched videos of people overseas that homeschool. I just assumed it was an option everywhere. Thanks for sharing.
Kinda fucked up youre required to surrender your children to the state 5 times a week
If homeschooling is on the rise then why are education taxes not reflecting this change, just curious, wouldn't that help the ones still using the system.
Outsourcing my child's education to minimum wage normies and lowest common denominator curriculum is definitely a no-go for me.
I don't have kids yet, but would strongly consider homeschooling. Every teacher I know says public schools are terrible and they're all quitting for their own mental health. They talk about how they are unable to enforce discipline, have no support from administration, and kids are having mental health episodes and violent outbursts in class and nothing is done. When I, a millennial, was in school it wasn't like that. Kids has support, but received punishments if they misbehaved (lunch duty, being sent outside of the classroom, referral, suspension, etc). I don't see how my kid could learn with with all of this going on now. As far as middle/high school goes, I would want to homeschool because when I was in school so many kids were getting involved in drugs/sex way too early. Kids used to sell pills at lunch and meet other kids with crappy families who gave them drugs. I don't want my child someday to get involved with the wrong crowd like that, I know too many girls who ended up getting assaulted around those kids.
I love the break I get now that my oldest goes to preschool. The reasons I considered homeschooling in the past were because of the racist legislation passed in Florida, and because of school shootings. Idk what we're going to do when it's time to go to kindergarten. There are some private schools around but they're tied to churches and we're not into that. We might have to move to a different state just for the schools.
What racist legislation?
Critical Race Theory garbage is what is racist.
I’m a public school teacher and it’s such a difficult job. If parents wanna try to do the job themselves, by all means go ahead. The fewer kids the better because a 1 to 30 classroom ratio is just not feasible. The class sizes need to shrink for teachers to teach effectively. We’re only human.
We loooove homeschooling for a range of reasons relates to its benefits for our family, but on a macro level I think its important for society that kids don't necessarily grow up from their earliest memories habituated to compliance within and dependence upon an institutional system. Autonomy, agency, creativity, distinctiveness, enthusiasm, energy, willfullness...these aren't rewarded characteristics in an institutional school, and they are necessary for a dynamic society. I heard a teacher's union official recently say that public school is critical because it gives children a uniform experience and exposed them to homogeneous (she didn't use that word but that's what she meant) thinking which enables them to relate to their peers. I couldn't disagree more. Diversity of thought and experience, distinctiveness of self, and the interaction of different modes if thinking and experiences, are the font of progress in culture and society.
I work in education, most of my friends do and teach children across all ages. Most of them secretly tell me they want to homeschool. We constantly hear from teachers themselves about how broken the system is, how underfunded the system is and how out of control it is. So my question back to that is - why would i want to put my child into that? The answer is i don't and if you can take on homeschooling you shouldn't either. Teachers don't get to constantly tell us just how broken this system is and also act surprised when people listen and say ok ill take that on and i won't put my child into that. I say that as someone who works in education (ECT)
for me, (very early in the video, these topics may be covered) i want to homeschool (once i have kids) for the following reasons:
- taking an active role in my child’s education
- public school is more focused on memorization for standardized testing and doesn’t nurture a child’s love for learning, it certainly didn’t for me. if i had the opportunity to learn in more ways than sitting at a desk and memorizing facts for the next test, i feel i would’ve done much better and enjoyed learning more
- children are MEAN and often attempt to act their age before they’re at that point. this is a disdain for popular media exposing kids to adult topics and content too early rather than school specifically, but children share what they learn especially when they see it as something their parents would be mad about, it feels like a cool secret. i’m concerned for the negative influence other children would have on my children, peer pressure and manipulation, as a lot of parents aren’t willing or aren’t able to take an active role in their children’s lives and what they’re doing and what media they’re consuming
- more time outside, a more authentic learning experience. when teaching sciences, i can take my kids outside and show them most of the the topics we’re discussing.
- school shootings are out of control.
- i am neurodivergent and my children will likely inherit the things i have. my different needs were not accommodated. i can accommodate them and help them deal with it and give them skills that worked for me much easier if school is at home.
- my children would be able to move at their own pace (more or less) if they needed more time on a subject i wouldn’t have to worry about their teacher not having time to give them more time individually as the other 30 are ready to move on- because i am the teacher, and there’s only one or two of them.
- i feel school takes so much of their time. they need time to be a child, enjoy their childhood.
im not concerned about my kids socialization as well be very involved in the community and there are several groups in my community where homeschooled kids can meet and get the much needed socialization and early life friendship skills
Homeschooling was never "weird" farmers kids would get homeschooled for several months out of the year due to needing to help on the farm. Plenty of families had the mother already staying home and she naturally took charge of the children's education. Also our current setup of schools wasn't the norm, one room classrooms was the norm with all ages together. It wasn't until the 40-60's when factory workers were needed that we changed to the current model.
And its no ones business how they educate their child as long as that kid gets educated and is healthy and happy.
I’ve seen a few videos on TikTok talking about how children today cannot read, yet still pass their grade. even continuing onto middle school without the ability to read. The quality of public school is greatly declining because they keep cutting crucial skills from curriculum, such as phonics!! My niece went into kindergarten this year and she’s projected to be the only one to go onto 1st grade, out of 30 children. The class sizes are insane as well.
Despite everything, I’m still considering preschool to see how my son fares in it. Some kids thrive in public physical school, but if he doesn’t then luckily my area has great homeschooling resources.
This is such an interesting topic, thanks for covering it!
As someone who is studying early elementary education and has interview teacher and school counselors, there are absolutely kids who cannot read that are being passed along. Even into high school. It's a huge issue where I am.