75 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 25 Feb \ parent \ on: Over 3 Million Americans are Homeschooled charts
Appreciate the positive experiences with homeschooling shared as counter arguments to my initial reply. I'm happy to hear it's not all black and white. I probably based my opinion on the extreme cases of American homeschooling portrayed in foreign media where parents insulate their kids from different ways of thinking based on extreme religious convictions or based on a dogmatic rejection of the scientific method of understanding the world. Even then i realise that this last statement is probably also too generalizing. In any event, it is interesting reading people with different perspectives of the world.
I probably based my opinion on the extreme cases of American homeschooling portrayed in foreign media where parents insulate their kids from different ways of thinking based on extreme religious convictions or based on a dogmatic rejection of the scientific method of understanding the world
Whilst I don't doubt those situations do definitely occur, bear in mind that almost all MSM articles on homeschooling will be hit pieces specifically skewed to paint homeschooling in a negative light. We need to ask ourselves, should we believe everything you read in the mainstream?
Thank you for considering another point of view 🙏🏼 I appreciate it! As a home educating parent, I have spent the past many years being held accountable and often attacked for doing the best by my kids. It can be mentally draining. Literally nobody has to justify their decision to send their kids to school, even if that school is absolutely terrible and they get beaten up or abused everyday.
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