The practice of homeschooling has been around for ages; parents and guardians have taken it upon themselves to teach the younger generation the knowledge that they have received through many years of experience. However, governments have recognized the massive need for an educated youth, providing public school systems to insure that vital knowledge is attained by all students. Everyone is awarded an education by their government, making the practice of homeschooling unnecessary. Students under the practice of homeschooling are suffering from a loss of opportunity, unschooling, and prevention of a better education and even health; to prevent future damage to children’s education, homeschooling should be marked as illegal or parents should be fined for keeping their children at home for schooling.
During the school years, children discover their talents, nurturing them in an attempt to best reach self-actualization. These children become aware of their own limitations because their talents have been nurtured from a young age, with their mentors providing for their development. Under the homeschooling system, parents become more exclusive mentors to their children, leading to problematic issues. Parents are generally aware of what their child is capable of; however, their assessments may not always be accurate. Since the children are mostly seen in the home environment, their chances to show off their potential are very limiting. Moreover, parents may assume that their children attain the same talents they do. The capability for parents to see all the talents and skills their child attains is an unreasonable assumption. Very often, a schoolteacher, or a coach, gives their students an opportunity to excel: an opportunity that may not be attainable in the home. It is believed that a full development is especially based on familial support rather than school encounters, but this mentoring can transform a student with potential to a student becoming self-actualized. Banning homeschooling will allow more students to reach that goal. These non-consenting individuals are suffering from a severe loss in psychological advancement due to their parent’s decision to keep them away from public or private schooling.
Homeschooling can be a guise for unschooling. Parents are putting their children under homeschooling statutes and refuse or are incapable to carry on the education. It is estimated that in the United States alone, there are 100,000 unschooled children in the 1.5 million homeschooled population (Manino 2010). At least 100,000 adults will enter society without any formal education (Manino 2010). Their chances of unemployment and financial and fiscal success will be dramatically affected. Employment standards are based upon public education standards, hence the importance for formal education.
The interaction amongst students is a crucial part of an education outside of the home; the interactions the students have with each other serves as preparatory for constructive engagements with fellow citizens when their schooling is over. Students who attend regular schooling are taught the rights of equality; children are provided the potential to interact with other children of different backgrounds at such crucial times of their development as active citizens. Children must be prepared for the society that they will soon inherent; homeschooling attempts to construct a world for children that do not often math reality. Organizations, such as joining sports teams and youth clubs, are offered to students at public and private schools. These organizations are centered on similarity; children who enjoy the same activity or believe in the same values congregate. Regular schooling provides inherent social values, unlike homeschooling.
Studies show that parents are home-schooling their children to prevent them from vaccination. These networks of parents decide to home school their children due to their belief that mandated vaccines for public and private schoolchildren are a dangerous overreach by state governments. Although mainstream scientific communities maintain that childhood vaccines are safe, adults are still believe that the vaccinations are entrusted. Public health officials are concerned that the growing popularity of home schooling has created gaps in the vaccination safety net, leading to outbreaks of rare childhood diseases. “In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported measles cases had spiked; 131 cases were reported nationwide for the first seven months of the year, compared with an average of 63 cases per year since 2000” (Joyner 2008). Home-schooled children accounted for 25 out of 30 cases in an outbreak of measles in suburban Chicago in May (Joyner 2008).
Parents are often rightly concerned about the state of public education; their concern is likely to revolve mostly around their own children. Given the option of homeschooling, those who have sufficient leisure time to actively participate in the civic life will be able to home school their child. Many children live in households where both parents work, not having the time to well-educate their children. Even if one parent has the time to educate them, they, themselves, have not been well-educated enough to qualify as a home-teacher. Concerned parents could use their political influence to improve the public school system through democratic reform, producing a better school system.
Homeschooling is unnecessary and is causing problematic issues in children’s education due to the loss of opportunity, unschooling, and prevention of better health and education. Education plays a very large role in children’s lives; homeschooling should be marked as illegal or parents should be fined for keeping their children at home for schooling. Being educated at a regular school helps the children best reach self-actualization. Students are also adapted to others who are from different backgrounds and are able to participate in sports and activities with other children with the same interests. Moreover, students who are homeschooled are less likely to get vaccinated, which has led to an outbreak on rare childhood diseases. Public schooling is offered and eligible for all children making homeschooling irrelevant. A child’s need for education is very important and necessary for a successful future and regular schooling helps students meet these needs more effectively than homeschooling.
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