As more and more parents from all walks of life are opting to home schooling, there are reasons that varies vastly, so a generalization cannot be made. Around the world, there are over 5% of children that are into home schooling and the numbers are increasing.
Secular Home Schooling
It is based on the education according to the child's interests on learning. Such practices are supported by local communities that have strong faith in religion. These communities just want to live a closer bond with their children and their values in order to teach them the right beliefs.
How to get the benefits of secular home schooling?
* It encourages the child to create a strong bond with them as they grow up.
* It allows the child the choice to express his or her desires and aptitude for learning what he or she has the most interest in that area.
* Their traditional values and beliefs stay intact.
* Safety and educational control.
Getting to know the disadvantages of secular home schooling.
* Once you let the child do whatever he/she chooses, they may end up in nothing. If the children don't particularly enjoy studying, he might not able to survive in today's world without much knowledge by his side.
* As they are not able to deal with the outside world, their growth will be limited within the society.
* The child does not always get his/her own way in day-to-day life; a concept lost on a child who was left to do what he or she wanted since childhood.
* Children that attended secular home schooling education is like not having any read education. It is tough for them to find a proper job in the real world, even though they might have a diploma or college degree.
With more disadvantages than benefits attending a secular home schooling program, in which the child will see them sooner or later. However, there are still many embarking on this kind of education due to their beliefs, values, and the social communities they live in.
Secular home schooling is often found in rural areas, and in not highly educated families with strong religious background. Having mentioned that there are more disadvantages than benefits, these parents still embark on this education thinking that they are giving them the very best in their lives by not exposing them to the outside world.
We should never miss out on the education that allows us to get in touch with nature. This enables us to fully understand the true value of life.