Kate Tsubata

About the author: Kate Tsubata is a freelance writer who home schools her three children.

Home schooling has a positive effect on the family dynamic, creating greater togetherness than is usually found in traditionally schooled families. This togetherness occurs because parents are perceived by their children as sources of knowledge rather than as judges. Without the pressure to earn grades, both parents and children can concentrate on learning, and every situation can, therefore, become an opportunity to learn. Overall, home-schooling families are innovative, spontaneous, and mother-centered, and home-schooled children are self-confident.

Do you remember this phrase from a hair-color commercial, "Is it true blondes have more fun"" Well, I sometimes get the guilty feeling that home scholars just have more fun.

Ihave come to this conclusion after participating in a few events with other home-schooling families...