Why homeschool?
There are as many reasons to homeschool as there are homeschooling families. Many families choose homeschooling for the academic, social, moral and religious advantages it offers; for others, the children’s health and safety are determining factors. Most families cite a combination of these reasons–or all of them. “It isn’t really about society breaking down…it’s more about the enormous benefits and pleasures of being a strong family and having time together. It is a way of choosing to live. It is about freedom. It isn’t about wanting to correct society, but more about a willingness to take responsibility. When we started homeschooling it wasn’t about avoiding a negative, but choosing a positive.” – LeAynne Snell, HERO member “We did it primarily to slow our lives down, have more time together, more freedom… to get off the merry-go-round of the nineties. We didn’t want to be busy every evening, to eat fast food in the car, and to have most of our time at home spent sleeping. We we
