Public School Versus Homeschooling: Which is Better?

Emerging Trends in Public School and Homeschooling

It is very difficult for any parent to accept the present public school situation. Major concerns of parents nowadays in the public school agenda include political promotion of homosexuality, "same sex marriages", civil unions instead of marriage, and questionable sex education programs that give a false message that "children are a burden" and thus, teens must avoid pregnancy and use "condoms and abortifacients".

However, millions of Americans enroll their children in public schools. The main reason is "public schools are free." Parents think their options are limited. Private school's tuition fees are not affordable. Along side with this fact, education is viewed by many Americans from the narrow perspective of "academics". Parents do not feel confident enough to teach their own children. Public schools are the only economic viable solution to educate their children considering the financial hardships of many Americans today.

Education has many facets. Education is also about character formation. If we delegate children's character formation to parents who spends only 3 to 4 hours meaningful hours after school each day, then who is raising your children?

Your children's peers are raising your sons and daughters. Your children's peers in public school are forming the conscience of your children. Your children spend 8 hours of their lives with their peers. It is becoming a common scenario for parents to wonder why their teens have rejected their faith and their family's core moral values.

According to the author Mary Kay Clark, founder of the Seton Home Study, "The United States is currently the 49th among the nations of the world in educational achievement, 39th in literacy. One out of every four students will never reach high school; one out of every four who reaches high school will never graduate. The US Department of Education, estimated in 1993 that between 40 and 44 million adults in the US are functionally illiterate." A federal program, such as the "No Child Left Behind Act" , is a proof that public school has failed the American society.