Let’s face it, parenting is a tough, all-encompassing job! Fortunately, as a homeschooling parent, the act of homeschooling can help make your job a bit easier!
Homeschooling gives a parent time and opportunity to sow into their child a good moral and educational foundation. Issues with siblings, other children, and social issues can all be dealt with in real-time, making correction and redirection timely and tangible. Conflict resolution strategies can also be implemented and fully carried out in a productive and uplifting manner.
In homeschool situations, learning happens at the child’s own pace. This removes the added frustration of trying to fit into the mold preset by an institution. Knowing the child’s learning temperament also serves to strengthen the parent-child bond while instruction is taking place.
Homeschooling naturally fosters work ethic as children learn how to take care of themselves and those around them. Life skills are an important part of life and what better way to learn them than in their own home!
Special and specific needs are better addressed in the home between child and parent. If there’s a chronic illness involved, there’s no need for missed multiple days of school. Schooling opportunities can be woven into each day as health and environment permit! Reading, math or spelling struggles can also be addressed one on one in a non-judgmental environment.
Children become accustomed to learning with others of all ages and instruction can be geared to their level instead of demanding a child’s performance be at a level deemed “the standard”.
Homeschooling requires a truly dedicated parent to make sure all angles of their child’s needs are met. As those needs are met, the bond between parent and child is strengthened. This strengthening, in turn, helps the job of parenting become a little bit easier.
Check out the many homeschooling resources at Rainbow Resource Center!
