Secular Homeschooling (magazine)

Secular Homeschooling (magazine)

Secular Homeschooling is an American magazine for people who homeschool for reasons other than religion. It began as a quarterly, but became a bimonthly in July 2009.

Because the magazine is written (and, presumably read) by people who consider religious belief a personal matter rather than a prerequisite of homeschooling, it might be seen as reflecting the diversity of the homeschooling community.

As a specifically non-religious magazine, Secular Homeschooling discusses some topics differently than other homeschooling magazines might. For example, one article discussed the particular difficulties of discussing and dealing with death for the non religious. In the article "The Most Difficult Subject", the author writes that death is, to religious families "less threatening as a concept, it’s also much more frequent and natural a subject of conversation and thought" because some of their religious beliefs focus on death (Jesus' death and resurrection, for example).

The magazine occasionally runs humor as well. One piece, "The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List" – "a wish list from one homeschooler to other parents who ask annoying and inappropriate questions about the decision to homeschool" – has been described as a "legendary Internet screed". The list bitterly points out that not all homeschoolers are religious or homeschool for religious reasons, and that homeschoolers of all types tire of being criticized.