{"id":19677,"date":"2018-04-01T18:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=19677"},"modified":"2018-05-03T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:14:11","slug":"homeschooling-soaring-in-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=19677","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling &#8216;Soaring&#8217; in Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=53760678\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Homeschooling families used to be the guaranteed outcast, often enduring a never ending stream of probing questions and funny looks.<\/p>\n<p>But the tide seems to be turning. Homeschooling is now \u201csoaring\u201d in popularity, as more options become available, more families seem to be taking the plunge.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Family\/tim-tebow-reflects-breaking-ground-homeschool-student-pretty\/story?id=50742055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC took a closer<\/a> <\/span>\u2013 and quite honestly refreshing \u2013 look at homeschooling. Good Morning America host and former NFL star Michael Strahan revealed he had homeschooled his children for a period of time, while ESPN\u2019s Jessica Mendoza, a homeschooling mom, joined the segment to provide an in-depth look.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, homeschooling is chastised and derided in the national discussion. The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2016\/10\/27\/why-kirk-cameron-isnt-sending-his-kids-to-public-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked myths<\/a><\/span> such as homeschooled children will not be socialized properly continue to persist, making a glowing segment such as this one a welcome departure from the norm. This report\u00a0featured an interview with Tim Tebow, who was homeschooled as a child. While they definitely covered some of the challenges homeschooling families face, it largely focused on the positives such as flexibility, closeness with family, and being able to add family values \u2013 such as religion \u2013 to your child\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>But now, people are seeking out homeschooling as an option for even more than just religious and value reasons. Some, as the report covers, believe they will be able to provide a better education for their child.<\/p>\n<p>There are approximately 1.7 million families across the country who homeschool their children in one way, shape or form. Some choose to do it completely on their own while others use community based approaches such as the model <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalconversations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classical Conversations<\/a><\/span> uses.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Tebow spent his childhood working on the farm and being taught by his mother and father, telling ABC that his family had something more important in mind than purely academics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted us to learn reading, writing and arithmetic, but it wasn\u2019t No. 1. It wasn\u2019t the most important thing\u2026 They wanted to instill love in our hearts, love for God, love for one another. They wanted us to be able to learn a work ethic, a dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were waking up, doing chores. Doing Bible study. And then we would break up into our individual studies. The whole process was always something I knew had a great purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between 1999 and 2012, the percentage of homeschooled students has doubled.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2018\/03\/15\/homeschooling-soaring-in-popularity-tim-tebow-helps-explain-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Faithwire-<\/span><\/a>All rights reserved<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19677&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19677&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Homeschooling families used to be the guaranteed outcast, often enduring a never ending stream of probing questions and funny looks. But the tide seems to be turning. Homeschooling is now \u201csoaring\u201d in popularity, as more options become available, more families seem to be taking the plunge. 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