What effect does Catholic homeschooling have on the family?
OLRS: I can only scratch the surface here, otherwise I would be talking all night about the wonderful effects of truly Catholic homeschooling. Catholic homeschooling changes families for the better. It teaches them to work together and sacrifice for each other. It makes family members closer, especially with the parents. A bond is built between student and parent-teacher that will last a lifetime. Children and families become what God intended them to be, full of love for Him and each other. In fact, the family is the real beneficiary of Catholic homeschooling. Certainly the student will benefit because he will receive a loving Catholic education, but the effect of this on the family is beyond words. There will not be any so-called “generation gaps,” nor will there be what I call “middle-school eruptions”. All the maladies we now associate with childhood and growing up will be mitigated or nonexistent. Of course this depends on the amount of homeschooling the children have, and it is i
