Home Schooling

Term Paper # 101606

Education

Home Schooling

A description and overview of the advantages and disadvantages of home schooling.

950 words () | 5 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how home schooling raises the question of whether or not children will still be able to engage in a constructive social life with others - and receive the education they need - while being taught by their own parents; the successful resolution of this question is essential to the healthy development of the child. The paper contends that parents who take the critical step of home schooling need to explore all of the elements that go into a proper home-based education for their children.

From the Paper:

"Earlier mention was made of the social dynamics - meeting people, interacting with others - that raise significant questions vis-a-vis home-schooled young people. Naturally, the question of social isolation emerges (though this can be overcome as mentioned previously) and critics of home-schooling seize upon this by suggesting that home-schooled children run the risk of developing poor social skills. Conversely, of course, parents who choose to home-school their loved ones argue that schools present an unpalatable social environment rife with potential abuse and harassment. Happily, studies conducted on this issue find that home-schooled children develop roughly the same number of friends, and interact with others in roughly the same way, as do children who are not home-schooled. "

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