It is becoming increasingly more common for schools to take recess and other outdoor activities out of younger children’s daily routines. Because of this, some parents may wish to teach their children at home, where they can spend more time working on relationships with their family and siblings. Anuszczyk writes that “homeschooling also allows us to spend time doing projects and activities which support our values” (23). This way, the child can be taught from an early age, the core values, and principals believed by his or her parents, that are not allowed to be taught in traditional classroom settings. Anuszczyk also claims that “compared to non-homeschooling parents, we homeschooling parents have more input into and supervision over how and with whom our children’s time is spent” (23). This means that homeschooling parents have more control over the influences on their …show more content…
These opponents however, probably have never encountered a situation where homeschooling would be necessary, and have not thought about the other ways a student could develop these social skills. Just because a child is homeschooled, does not mean that him or her could not develop these skills in other ways, such as sports activities or youth groups. Although social skills are important, classroom-based learning is not the only way to acquire