If you haven't considered homeschooling your children then it's time you did.

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

under what reason?

i always thought more people should, government run schools are garbage

[–]lothrop_evola 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

We've started home-schooling our kids and there are some hidden advantages that surprised me:

  • You don't have to buy expensive smart phones for your kids due to peer pressure. It causes kids great anguish if they're the only one in the class without the latest expensive gadget but that becomes an immediate non-issue with homeschooling.
  • it's a huge time-saver. We're able to teach the entire recommended curriculum in just a few hours. After lunch the entire day is free to do whatever we want. (Schools have to teach at a slower pace for a couple of obvious reasons).
  • The social aspect was a key worry for us, but it's not a problem at all. We've networked with other homeschool parents & kids and also signed our children up for sports leagues and activities so they can maintain a network of friends.

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and expensive clothes, when i went to school i remember kids were more interested in fashion and brand clothes than learning,

they should have to wear uniforms, it would solve a lot of problems, school was so boring, i hated it, i got 98% of my knowledge after my highschool years from youtube and reddit, and many other websites

[–]Breadman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Homeschooling might be better than a government school, but the social experience of school is valuable for many children

[–]calmbluejay[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No it's not.

Enroll your kids in some sort of sports, club or activity and they'll get all the socialization they need and with better people.

[–]Amareldys 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And for that matter there are homeschooling groups.

[–]calmbluejay[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lots of them.