Benefits of Homeschooling
My family was one of the very first families to begin homeschooling in the United States during what I call “The modern-day homeschooling movement.” Homeschooling is as old as the first family on Earth. In our day and age, however, it feels like a very new experiment.
My older sister was taken out of kindergarten in 1978, and we began our adventure as homeschoolers. At that time, my mother didn’t know about compulsory attendance laws, and we ended up in court to defend our new homeschooling decision. In 1988, my mother started an influential national homeschooling magazine. This gave me a front-row seat for all that would develop in the next three decades as the homeschooling movement would explode.
When I graduated from homeschooling in 1991, it was still illegal in many states (including the one in which I lived). My family was featured in a cover story on homeschooling for Time magazine in 2001 entitled, “Is homeschooling good for America?” Since my family’s initial involvement, homeschooling has grown from a small counterculture phenomenon to a vibrant mainstream movement. Homeschooling is now legal in every state, and legal barriers have fallen to varying degrees. Yet opponents of homeschooling continue to push back, and homeschoolers need to remain vigilant of their rights.
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