{"id":9485,"date":"2022-08-18T17:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evelynlearning.com\/?p=9485"},"modified":"2022-08-18T17:30:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:00:31","slug":"what-is-homeschooling-and-other-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.evelynlearning.com\/what-is-homeschooling-and-other-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Homeschooling and other FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year in June, \u2018Homeschool Awakening<\/a>,\u2019 a documentary, brought the topic of teaching your own children, back into the mainstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk Cameron is an actor, filmmaker, and the maker of the documentary. He says, \u2018this movie is a deep dive into the normal lives of American homeschool families who are on the mission of putting faith, family, and freedom back into learning.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now that sounds serious and like an upcoming movement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homeschooling gained traction during the pandemic for obvious reasons. But what intrigues us is that it has still not gone back to the pre-pandemic levels. This means that parents are not backing out of homeschooling. They are still unsure about sending their children back to school. They actually like it this way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been this way for quite some time, except that the reasons may differ now. For example, parents in earlier cases may have homeschooled their children for religious or pecuniary reasons. However, they prefer Homeschooling now, even when they can afford to send their children to these schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Homeschooling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Homeschooling is not a new concept, but it is demanding the limelight now. To homeschool children is to educate them at home with tutors or parents, without sending them to public or private schools. It is an exciting notion to keep your children away from school. Parents can teach them whatever they feel is good and important for their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of Homeschooling was put forth approximately in the 1970s by John Holt<\/a>, an educational theorist. He had an ideology of teaching children at home for the first few years of their academic life. This ideology came from the traditional school system fatigue, a system where memory and stressful learning were common. He urged the parents to ditch the regular school system and homeschool their children. His ideology spelled that the automobile of education can be chosen, but the paths of schooling can be different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Homeschooling for children can be self-paced and stress-free.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do people homeschool their children?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The US Census revealed that the number of parents who homeschool their children increased by 63% in 2020-2021. Data finds that some of the parents who had homeschooled<\/a> their children during the pandemic are considering continuing it even after the reopening of schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: US Census<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trend shows that not all parents are happy with their children’s schooling. Be it sex education, SEL education, or any other part of the general curriculum, parents want to take control of what their children learn in their lives, including knowledge about their faith and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homeschooling parents keep their children out of typical school life for multiple reasons, some of which are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n