There comes a point in your child’s life where a “best practice” may be to take advantage of what the public domain has to offer education. My niece, Olivia, was homeschooled her whole life, but as a teenager, she decided to attend Davis Technical College as part of her homeschool “high school” experience. She thoroughly enjoyed taking classes and learned how to navigate multiple classes, her peers, and is prepared for college now.
Some homeschoolers I know let their children take a few classes a day at the public high school. For others, they try a charter school approach or a work-study approach. As children grow up, sometimes they desire to stretch their wings and be more independent. Mixing outside classes in with homeschool can facilitate this need.
Do not feel guilty to use public school as needed. I have gone through times in my life when, as a single parent, I was the bread-winner and couldn’t continue to homeschool. However, I kept supplementing my children’s education at home in the evenings. I also returned to homeschooling when my situation improved. Most of my children have done both homeschool and public school, depending on our situation.
We do the best we can with what we have. Supplementing your child’s learning at home – whether public, private, or home school – is one of the very best practices needed to help your child succeed. It can make the difference to overcoming the obstacles in education that hold so many children back.
However, I caution you. Common Core is a horrid curriculum, and I completely disagree with open bathrooms. Our children are no longer safe in the federal public school system, so proceed with caution and keep both eyes wide open! Plus, if Christianity and Judaism have no place in our public schools, than neither should Islamic studies. You have the right to refuse any course of study that goes against your conscience.
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