Parents may also decide on home schooling because they cannot afford to send their children to a private school. Others may want less structured learning for their children than a typical public or private school provides. Some may want greater control over the selection of material their children are being taught. Some families organize home schools like a conventional school, with structured daily activities. Others view all of life as an opportunity for learning and use a very flexible schedule.
Most families provide educational experiences outside as well as inside the home.
Their children may visit museums, work in a garden, or serve apprenticeships. Some home-school families use textbooks and prepackaged courses of study. Other home school families create their own materials. Critics of home education say that home-schooled children may not have enough contact with other children, especially those from different backgrounds. Critics also say that the average parent is not as qualified as a schoolteacher to educate a child.