The growing trend of homeschooling is increasingly considered an alternative for children who face obstacles in adapting to traditional public education from various perspectives.
One of the most recent phenomena that is challenging the traditional educational apparatus is that of homeschooling. There is an increase in the number of kids who are homeschooled; either they got out of or they never even went to school. Homeschooling has increased because students don’t want to attend school, the children don’t want to follow the national curriculum, and parents are worried about the safety of their kids at school.
Firstly, homeschooling has increased because many students don’t want to attend school. Nell Hendy, in her article entitled “The Homeschooling Debate,” states that children are homeschooled because of “the child’s unwillingness or inability to go to school” (Hendy) and she attributes it to “the child being bullied” (Hendy). This suggests that most students get freaked out from school because of either the hard subjects they have to learn or because they get bullied. Students get terrified of the subjects they have to learn. Hence, most students hate going to school which leads to an increase in homeschooling.
Secondly, there is an increase in homeschooling as a result of children not wishing to follow the school curriculum. Annalisa Barbier, in her article “10 good reasons to homeschool your child,” states that “you don’t need to follow” (Barbier) the curriculum if the kids “don’t want to” (Barbier). This suggests that the children who are homeschooled can learn whatever they want; they do not have to have a curriculum like the one at school. This will help the kids have more knowledge about their subjects, which they do not learn at school. Hence, children don’t want to follow the curriculum which leads to a rise in homeschooling.
Last but not least, there is an increase of homeschooling because of the threat to the safety of students at school. Calvina Ellerbe, in her article entitled “The Rise of Homeschooling,” states that “concerns about safety, bullying, and exposure to drug culture” (Ellerbe) will push the “parents to homeschool” (Ellerbe). This suggests that the parents who are worried about their children getting bullied at school homeschool their children just to be safe. Hence, children get increasingly homeschooled because of the problems they face at school.
To conclude, there is a rise in the children who are home-educated because the children do not want to rush to school, they don’t like to follow the school curriculum, and the parents worry about their children’s safety at school. The growing trend of homeschooling is increasingly considered an alternative for children who face obstacles in adapting to traditional public education from various perspectives. Therefore, it is crucial that we pay attention to this growing social phenomenon and conduct more in-depth research into its causes and how to address it at both the family level, in particular, and the societal level, in general.
Works Cited
Barbier, Annalisa. “10 good reasons to homeschool your child.” The Guardian, 10 September 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/10/10-good-reasons-to-home-school-your-child.
Ellerbe, Calvina. “The Rise of Homeschooling: The Confessions of an Educator.” Psychology Today, 18 April 2024, https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-parenting-playbook/202404/the-rise-of-homeschooling.
Hendy, Nell. “The Homeschooling Debate | Is it Right for My Child?” High Speed Training, 28 June 2023, https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/the-homeschooling-debate/. Accessed 24 October 2024.
