"Defending Your Decision To Homeschool" Cheat Sheet https://www.spotlightonhome.com/pl/2147550383

It's that time of year again! Holiday dinners can be a time of warm embrace or a point of contention.  From politics to religion and now, throw in something totally untraditional like homeschooling, there is no end to the possible crazy responses that can come from loved ones.  We have compiled a list of stats on the podcast and some links here in the notes to help you defend your decision to choose to be a homeschooled family.  

Stats for this podcast came from
https://www.calverteducation.com/should-i-homeschool/top-5-reasons-parents-homeschool-kids#make-a-change-from-a-negative-school-environment

And also the HSLDA

Negative environment reasons:

https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/research/summaries/reasons-parents-homeschool/

https://www.stopbullying.gov/bullying/effects#bullied

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/10/incidents-of-school-crime-and-violence-on-the-rise-for-students-and-teachers
Higher quality education

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2187198-college-career-readiness-survey.html

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/27/survey-most-profs-find-hs-grads-unready-for-college-or-work.aspx

https://www.nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2009/stress-exec-summary.pdf

We hope this podcast finds you all well this Thanksgiving.  God Bless!

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