The concept of homeschooling has become quite popular in the United States. With more and more families now trying to home school their children rather than send them to public schools, you will definitely think about homeschooling your children too. However, you need to consider the fact that although homeschooling has its advantages, there are also several drawbacks that you need to remember.

On January 10^th 2019, the Maharashtra government made it legal to homeschool in Maharashtra.

Homeschooling is basically not for everyone.

Although homeschooling is legal in countries like the United States as well as in India, you have to consider that it is still being debated. whether homeschooling can be beneficial for children. There are still a lot of controversies that oppose homeschooling. So, here are some advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling in order for you to decide whether it is for the best for your kids or if enrolling them in public schools will work a lot better.

The first benefit is that you, as a parent, will be able to keep your eyes on your child at all times.

When you get them to public schools, you won’t really know what’s happening to your child there. You will often worry if they are really learning, if they are being bullied by other kids, or if they are behaving themselves.

Homeschooling can also work for the benefit of children who are mentally or physically challenged. If you have a child who is mentally or physically challenged, which makes it impossible for them to attend normal public schools and that you don’t want to enroll them in specially designed schools then you will see that homeschooling will benefit both the parents and the children.

Another great benefit is that because you know how your child learns, you will be able to set the pace for learning that will be favorable for your children. This means that there will be little pressure on how fast they should learn.

Because you will be the one to teach your child, you will be able to spend more time with them and make the bond between you and your child much stronger. This is another advantage of homeschooling.

Although homeschooling has these advantages, you have to consider the fact that there are also disadvantages to homeschooling. Here are some of the disadvantages of homeschooling that can help you decide whether homeschooling is right for your child or not.

First of all, because the parents themselves will be the ones to take over the teacher’s role, they may become too strict or too lenient with their kids.

Another disadvantage is that the child will be unable to socialize with other kids. Today, this is a very serious issue as children will grow up being shy with other people. Socialization is important. Unless you can let your kids play with other kids their age, homeschooling can work for them.

Lastly, the academic knowledge of parents can also come into question as well as their teaching skills.

As you can see, it is no wonder why homeschooling is still being widely debated if it should be accepted or not.

All in all, you have to remember that before you decide to home school your children, always determine if you can compensate for the disadvantages of homeschooling. If you can’t, then you may want to give up on the idea. However, homeschooling is still a great way for children to learn.

(This article is in collaboration with ‘5E for Success’, an entity of KRC Foundation. ‘5E for Success’ is a philosophy evolved which is a proven methodology for making oneself employable. The methodology trains, grooms & prepares through ‘internship’ & ‘earn while you learn model’.)

To be continued…

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