Steps in Making or Reaffirming Your Decision To Homeschool

Burn Out, Informative

by Cindy Short and Sue Welch, co-editors
Taken from Newsletter #375
www.teachinghome.com

Your decision to home school should be based on your determination of God’s will for your family.

Reaffirming why you are teaching your children at home will provide the conviction, confidence, and commitment that you will need in order to persevere during difficult times.

Many home school families have found it beneficial to write out their decision to home school along with a list, or summary, of the reasons why they have made that decision.

These reasons for your decision will also help you explain your home education choice to others, including your children. (more…)

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How To Help Someone Start Homeschooling

Informative

by Cindy Short and Sue Welch, co-editors
Taken from Newsletter #375
www.teachinghome.com

 

Look around at your church, support group, relatives, or neighbors.  Is there anyone who would appreciate a little help in considering or starting to home school?  Here are some ways you can help.

1.  Tell Your Story

Realistically give your convictions and reasons you home school, as well as your experience, both challenges and successes.

2.  Provide Information

Point your friend to various sources of information, including the following: (more…)

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Will Health Care Reform Mean Government Bureaucrats Can Invade My Home?

Informative, News

Written by William A. Estrada, Esq.
Director of Federal Relations
www.hslda.org

 

In 2010, Congress passed a health care reform bill, and President Obama signed it into law. You may have recently heard a rumor that the health care law includes a provision mandating home visits by government social workers. While HSLDA strongly opposed passage of the health care law, urges Congress to repeal the law and continues to fight against its provisions which threaten religious freedom, we must point out that this particular rumor is not true.

Under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, no government official can ever enter your home against your wishes unless (more…)

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