Most agree that the family is best qualified to supervise and guide a child's development. Home education promotes a close family life. Family activity can be scheduled around family interests and goals and accommodate the father's or mother's working hours. Children remain in a secure environment and become independent at a comfortable pace. They can also learn at their own best rate, without comparing themselves unfavorably with others.
Self esteem remains in tact.
There is more time for children to explore, daydream, experiment and question the world around them than is available to their schooled counterparts. Alert parents can build an attractive and effective curriculum based around the interests of their children and which also addresses core studies. In short, home education honors the spiritual, educational and personal integrity of the individual. Some parents have regular hours for lessons lasting from a few hours to an entire school day following a curriculum purchased from one of many correspondence schools. Other families impressed with the writings of John Holt or Dr. Raymond Moore find that formal lessons are unnecessary, particularly for children under 10.