According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2013 approximately 1,770,000 children were being home-schooled in the United States or about 3.4 percent (“U.S. Department of Education: Homeschooling Continues to Grow!,” n.d.). Home-schooling in America has become very popular among parents concerned for the welfare of their children. Today it is not just evangelical Christians that choose to home school, but people from all religions and walks of life. There are numerous benefits to home-schooling; many kids are able to receive individualized attention, volunteer in their communities during school hours, and participate in sports like other children within their community.
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However, in many states home-schooled children are given the same opportunities to play sports or participate in the arts as their peers from other schools. For example, a family friend has children that play football and volleyball at their local school. These children are also given the opportunity to socialize with other children in local school plays and dance recitals. So while the experts may say that these children are not presented with the opportunities to socialize there are many parents out there that would say otherwise. Another way that home-schooled children are able to take advantage of opportunities outside the classroom is to belong to a local home-school group that does activities to get these children together. For instance, local home schoolers meet several times in the winter and go skiing as a group during the day. This gives the children a chance to socialize with their peers and also learn a new sport which one day could lead them to the Olympics much like Bode Miller the alpine skier ("Bode Miller | biography - American skier | Britannica.com," n.d.) who was home schooled for a period of time growing