| Parents who choose to home school their
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| | no need to enforce learning as children
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| children do so for a variety of different
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| | are keen to explore the world around
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| reasons. In some cases parents have
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| | them.
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| specific religious goals which they wish
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| | Beyond this one central idea school of
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| to achieve. Others are unhappy with
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| | thought within home schooling then begin
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| teaching methods in the public school
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| | to diverge on what should take place
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| system, or object to the teaching of
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| | next.
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| specific subjects. Yet others simply feel
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| | In some cases parents embrace
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| they can provide a better education for
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| | 'unschooling' which operates on the basis
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| their children themselves.
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| | that the parent or tutor does not need a
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| Whatever the reason however the one thing
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| | curriculum or to give children any
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| that unites parents who opt for home
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| | direction. Here children are simply
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| schooling is a belief that the public
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| | provided with books and a range of other
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| school system does a poor job of
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| | natural resources and they will then
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| educating children.
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| | learn whatever takes their natural
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| Despite what many parents believe, home
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| | interest.
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| schooling is not a new idea which
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| | Other parents turn to a more formal
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| requires you to strike out on your own
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| | structure, in some cases even going so
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| and start reshaping the education system.
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| | far as to use the same materials and
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| In fact, until compulsory education laws
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| | teach exactly the same topics as are
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| were established in the middle of the
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| | taught in the public schools. Here the
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| 19th century, nearly all children were
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| | parent or tutor is simply taking the
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| educated at home.
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| | place of the state teacher and the home
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| Public education however really came into
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| | replaces the school.
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| its own during the 20th century and
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| | These two positions demonstrate the
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| followed an authoritarian model of
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| | extremes of home schooling and yet other
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| Prussian schooling started during the
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| | parents prefer to take the middle ground
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| 1800s. Today public education is the norm
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| | following ideas such as those put forward
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| and, in most cases, the Prussian model is
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| | by people like Dr Montessori. Under the
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| still being followed in most countries.
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| | Montessori teaching system children are
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| By the 1960s dissatisfaction with public
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| | allowed to develop at their own pace but
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| schooling in several quarters led to a
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| | are provided with suitable materials and
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| number of challenges, in many cases
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| | guidance. The parent or tutor is guided
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| stemming from books by now well known
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| | by the child, rather than the reverse
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| authors such as John Holt, and parents
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| | seen in public schooling, allowing a
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| began to withdraw from the public
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| | child's imagination to provide the
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| education system.
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| | stimulation for learning. The emphasis is
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| Some of the parents withdrawing were
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| | also very much on self-correction rather
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| early libertarians who were simply eager
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| | than correction by the parent or tutor.
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| to be free of the state wherever
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| | Whatever your motivation and whatever
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| possible. Others wished to return to an
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| | approach you adopt, there is one
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| older tradition of Classical Liberal
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| | consistent line of thought and that is
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| training, either from offshoots of the
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| | that the children are the focal point of
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| Roman Catholic Church (like the Jesuits)
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| | the learning experience and their proper
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| or of the Greek Enlightenment ideals.
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| | development is the goal. As far as home
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| Whatever the philosophy involved however
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| | schooling parents are concerned, this
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| a common set of ideas evolved that have
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| | goal is best achieved outside the state
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| became dominant in home schooling.
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| | system which has not, and cannot, provide
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| One fundamental idea is that a child is a
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| | the same quality of instruction as most
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| naturally active learner. This idea is
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| | parents can.
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| well rooted in history and dates back to
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| | provides information on many aspects of
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| the time of Aristotle who began his
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| | parenting from child parenting to step
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| famous book Metaphysics with the words
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| | parenting for dummies and also answers
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| "All men possess by nature the desire to
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| | questions such as why choose a home
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| know." This idea holds that, given the
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| | schooling program?
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| right environment and resources, there is
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