Home Sweet Homeschool

Wow have times changed! The average homeschooler today is no longer the weird Amish-like family that you see once in a blue moon at a convenience store with their horse and buggy parked out front. It’s mama and papa bears, entrepreneurs, homesteaders, travel loving families and more who want to protect and create an educational option that is rich and robust for their children. There are so many more options and opportunities families have to create the exact type of school week they want. But does it work? Is it actually better than the public school system?

Anecdotally, you’ll find hundreds of thousands of “Well… the last homeschooler I met…blah blah blah”—both pro and anti arguments for and against homeschooling. But let’s get technical. Let’s look at the facts.

Feel free to store these in your back pocket next time you show up at the family gathering ready to defend your homeschool, freedom loving, selves.

👏🏻 Here 👏🏻 Are 👏🏻 The 👏🏻 Facts👏🏻

✅ 87% of homeschool kids are more positively socialized than public school kids.

✅ 67% of homeschoolers graduate from college (vs. only 58% of public schoolers).

✅ 78% of studies show homeschool kids perform better academically. (the other 22% they performed the same as public schoolers).

✅ Best Predictor of student success- Parent involvement not Parent level of education.

✅ The US Department of Education reported the No.1 reason parents homeschool are due to concerns for school environment, safety, drugs, and negative peer pressure and interactions.

✅ 83% of Teenagers cited school as the source of their anxiety. Psychiatry visits related to anxiety and self harm DOUBLES when school is in session.

✅ A Harvard study (2021) concluded that students who were homeschooled experienced more “well-being” than those attending public or private schools.

✅ Homeschooled students have lower depression scores, greater academic success, and rate their entire educational experience more positively than public school students.

✅82% of Public school students do not meet federal education standards- PUBLIC SCHOOL IS FAILING ITS CUSTOMERS.

✅ Homeschooling IS associated with greater independence, self direction, and civic engagement in adulthood.

I could go on and on and on. The most important part is that you find your “why” for homeschooling. It’s in the moments where you can’t figure out if you have you mom hat, teacher hat, chauffeur hat, nurse hat, or therapist hat on and you’re ready to give up! ThatI is when referencing back to why you want to homeschool and it will recalibrate you and your family.

Good things take hard work. Homeschooling is not a walk in the park. It’s hard. It takes sacrifice. The Hive Method is here to help you find your “why” of homeschooling and provide you with resources, materials, ideas, and most importantly, a community to support you to and through it. 

So walk into that family barbecue prepared and confident. You're a homeschooler. You're committed, capable, and proven to give your child the best education!