Motivations
| Motivations for homeschooling in the US in 2007 |
|
|---|---|
| Motivation | Percentage of parents |
| A concern about the school environment | 85% |
| A desire to provide religious or moral instruction | 72% |
| A dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools |
68% |
| Child has special needs | 21% |
| Child has a physical or mental health problem | ~ 16% |
| Other reasons | 20% |
A survey in 2007 came to the result that the main three motivations selected by parents in the United States who were homeschooling their children were:
- Concern about the school environment. This includes reasons such safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure.
- To provide religious or moral instruction
- Dissatisfaction with the academic instruction available at other schools
Less common motivations were if the child has a physical or mental health problem, or special needs of the child other than a physical or mental health problem but that the parent feel the school cannot or will not meet. Other, less common, reasons parents gave for homeschooling include family time, finances, travel, and distance.
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