Members receive the benefit of legal defense should their right to educate at home be challenged. Curriculum New home schooling parents usually approach the uncharted territory of curriculum with some timidity. With school at home, there are no limits. And if one text isn't doing the job, recycle and try something new. Far from being isolated, many families are more deeply involved with their communities than their conventional counterparts.
Many home schooled teens take classes at the community college.
These kids aren't wasting any time. But once again, home schooling is not for every family, nor necessarily for any family every year. For some families, home schooling just isn't an option. And yet they may have been impressed with the children of home schooling families they know, finding them more teachable, more responsive to adults, less dependent on peer approval. A year ago I would not have been able to answer this question, but now having experienced both sides, I can.