Support Networks
According the Home Educator's Family Times, single-parent homeschool support networks are instrumental to the success of single-parent homeschooling. Support networks can include grandparents, relatives, friends, neighbors, other homeschoolers from a church or religious organization, homeschool supplemental programs, traditional homeschool support groups, transportation like kid van pools, and volunteer work. To prevent gaps in education, substitutes or backups in the event of the failure of all or part of the support network are advised. As a side note, in this economy where the unemployment rate for teens can be as high as 38%, self-selected volunteer work is an option for any teen as it often leads to high-paying satisfying employment.
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