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Homeschooling is opting out of formal public and private schools in order to educate children in the home or in specially arranged classes or cooperatives.  Parents take a more active role in the education of their children when they homeschool.

Homeschooling is opting out of formal public and private schools in order to educate children in the home or in specially arranged classes or cooperatives.  Parents take a more active role in the education of their children when they homeschool.

The primary reason for homeschooling is to give the child a better education.  A close second in reasons, however, is to avoid the culture of public school and its many adverse effects of hostility to Christianity and parental control, political bias, boredom, confusion, depression, etc.

The primary reason for homeschooling is to give the child an alternative education.  A close second in reasons, however, is to avoid the culture of public school and its many adverse effects of hostility to Christianity and parental control, political bias, boredom, confusion, depression, etc.

In the United States, opting out of public schools is not new. When Thomas Edison's public school teacher said he was "addled," Edison's mother took him out of public school and taught him at home. But because of compulsory education laws—the first was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, and by 1918 every state had them—schooling at home was a violation of truancy laws, and was rare until the 1970s.  

In the United States, opting out of public schools is not new. When Thomas Edison's public school teacher said he was "addled," Edison's mother took him out of public school and taught him at home. But because of compulsory education laws—the first was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, and by 1918 every state had them—schooling at home was a violation of truancy laws, and was rare until the 1970s.