Many parents would like to homeschool their children but are
afraid they don't have the training or ability to be their
children's teacher. This is certainly understandable, because
many parents never had any formal training to be a teacher.
However, most parents don't have to worry about this issue.
There is literally a supermarket of education resources
available for parents to choose from to help them homeschool
their children. These include low-cost Internet private schools
that take most of the homeschooling burden off parents' backs.
There are also hundreds of low-cost instruction books on how to
teach your child reading, math, and many other subjects. These
are available in most libraries and great book stores like
Barnes & Noble and Borders. There are also thousands of
computer software programs that will help you teach your child
reading, math, and many other subjects. Also, the Internet is a
vast source of information both for you and your children. All
these sources are geared towards average parents
Remember also that over a million average parents like yourself
already successfully homeschool their kids. One study has shown
that over half of homeschooling parents only have high-school
diplomas. Also, millions of parents in this country taught
their kids the basics at home for over 200 years before we ever
had public schools, which first started in the 1850's. Also,
these parents did not have bookstores, Internet private
schools, computer software, or all the other education
resources you have available today.
Second, if you research and use the many free-market
educational resources described in my book, "Public Schools,
Public Menace," it will be hard for you to fail. You can choose
from a wide variety of quality Internet private schools,
learn-to-read (and math) books and computer learning software,
and home-schooling resources to teach your children. Also,
Internet education sites are always there, always ready to
coach your child, twenty-four hours a day.
These education alternatives are relatively inexpensive, yet
offer high-quality instruction. Your job as a parent is to
commit some time and energy to find the right education
resources for your children, then help and encourage them to
learn.
Also, like most kids, your children want to learn when they
study subjects that interest them. When learning becomes fun,
your kids can become your best home-schooling partner and help
you succeed. Your kids may enjoy home-schooling so much that
you may soon have to drag them away from their books or the
computer for lunch. But isn't that great? Wouldn't you like to
see your kids totally engrossed with their studies, improving
their reading skills rapidly, and finding joy in learning?
Here's the beauty of homeschooling - if one math or reading
book, software program, or Internet school doesn't excite your
children or provide satisfactory results, there are many more
to choose from. If you find home-schooling difficult in the
beginning, use all the resources described in "Public Schools,
Public Menace" to find books, Internet schools and tutors,
teaching materials, home-schooling organizations, and other
home-schooling parents you can network with. Almost a million
parents just like you already teach their children at home.
While no one can guarantee you success, like anything else in
life, if you keep trying, you will probably succeed in giving
your kids a great education at home. If you say to yourself, "I
will make this work, for my child's sake," you'll be surprised
at what you can accomplish. Tell yourself what Gene Kranz,
actor Ed Harris's character in the movie Apollo 13, said to his
Houston crew about rescuing the astronauts in trouble: "Failure
is not an option." If you say this and mean it, you're halfway
to success for yourself and your child.
Article Copyrighted ? 2005 by Joel Turtel.
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