Too many times I have come across comments and articles that put home educating families into a category all of their own and not in a good way. We can be accused of indoctrinating our children, not meeting their social needs and giving them a second rate education...just naming a few criticisms that I have faced.
In the past week 2 friends have pointed me too an article they found interesting, one a home educator and the other not. I tentatively started reading half expecting to be muttering under my breath and tutting at the wrongful assumptions and attitudes that I have been used to. But not this time. Here was an article where the writer had considered and wrote upon what she saw, a family in the home of mixed ages being educated to each child's level and interest.
The article also highlights the step increase in the number of home educating families being recorded in the UK. A huge 65% increase has occurred in the past 6 years, that brings the known total to around 37,000 children that are registered as being home educated. However current law states that families that chose to home educate from the very beginning of the child's education do not need to register their intention with the local authorities, my children are included in this category, so the total number of home educated children may well be considerably higher.
It is a well balanced article that looks at some reasons for parents choosing this course of education as well as examples of different approaches to home education. It touches upon safe guarding issues and overall I found it to be informative without judgement. This would be a great article to share with family and friends, especially if you feel the need to have a second voice to support the decisions you make as a family.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/hating-the-new-sats-meet-the-mums-who-chose-home-education-over/
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