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  • Homesteading: Become a Modern American Pioneer

    Homesteading: Become a Modern American Pioneer1

    Six years ago my husband and I moved our family of 10 to a five-acre hobby farm and a new lifestyle. Prior to this, we’d been living in an 1,100-square-foot brick home built in the 1940s near the boundary of St. Louis. I loved that house. It had a breakfast nook and an enclosed sunporch

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  • Homeschooling: The Question of Socialization

    Homeschooling: The Question of Socialization7

    Questions about the socialization of homeschooled children are by far the most frequently asked of a homeschooling parent. The misconception is that without the traditional school experience to provide social training, homeschooled children will grow up having no idea how to function and fit into society. My own children have been peppered with questions about

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  • Homeschooling, Socialization, and the New Groupthink

    Homeschooling, Socialization, and the New Groupthink0

    “But what about socialization?” We who educate our children outside the school system confront an exhausting array of accusations posing as concerns, but the most puzzling — and the most persistent — is the socialization question. For years, I’ve taken it at face value: How, the skeptic seems to be asking, will your kids ever

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  • Homeschooling on the Rise Both in the U.S. and Elsewhere

    Homeschooling on the Rise Both in the U.S. and Elsewhere0

    Earlier this year, Breitbart news announced a startling figure: the number of homeschooled children in the U.S. rose 61.8% in the last decade. But according to a recent BBC report, the U.S. is not the only country seeing such a dramatic rise in homeschooling. In the last six years, the U.K. has experienced a 65%

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  • Homeschooling More Than Doubled During the Pandemic

    Homeschooling More Than Doubled During the Pandemic0

    Many families took one look at their school district’s remote or hybrid learning offerings this fall and said “no, thank you.” That’s the message gleaned from national and state-specific data on the surging number of homeschooled students this academic year. Prior to the pandemic and related school closures last spring, there were just under two

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  • Homeschooling Mom: We Pulled Out of the Public Schools Because of the System, Not the People

    Homeschooling Mom: We Pulled Out of the Public Schools Because of the System, Not the People0

    • September 16, 2015

    In the last 20 years homeschooling has gone mainstream, and homeschooled students are often highly praised for their accomplishments. But some skeptics remain, many of whom are teachers themselves. But as it turns out, teachers and homeschoolers may share some of the same critiques about today’s public education system. According to homeschool mom Melissa Roy,

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