It is estimated that there are now more than two million children homeschooled in the United States and that number is growing each year. Homeschooling is not unheard of to most people but the general population doesn't understand or appreciate this method of education unless they know a homeschooling family fairly well.
I will admit that I was one of those people when I was a single mom and had to work. I had gone to public school just as my son was going to public school. I didn't have any other options and didn't know any homeschoolers. I had my misconceptions that all homeschoolers were ultra conservative religious nuts trying to shield their children from the modern world. What did I know? Here it is seven years later. I am married and have another child. I am now homeschooling my son and my daughter. I am religious but not in a crazy chicken sacrificing way. I am trying to shield by kids from some of the unsavory elements of public school ranging from bullying, peer pressure, unhealthy lunches and the schools version of sex education.
I pray that our right to homeschool is kept intact. I am anxious to see if President - elect Obama clarifies his stance on homeschooling. His website does not address it specifically. It is not a topic on the forefront of America's concerns such as Iraq and the economy but it is important to me and all the other families exercise their freedom to educate their children as they choose.
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