Homeschool: What's really best?

Across the United States continuing numbers of parents chose to home-school their children. In a statistical analysis report conducted as part of the NHES, nearly half of parents asked said they choose to home-school their children because they want them to have a better education, other reasons included religious beliefs and seeing a poor learning environment in schools. With the failure of government legislations aimed at improving educations in schools such as No Child Left Behind it is easy to see why parents choose this method of teaching but is it really healthy?
Home-schooling has benefits that children can’t get in the regular classroom. Children receive a one-on-one education from usually their parents instead of having to share their education was a classroom full of kids it is often just themselves or a home-school group. Parents can be sure that their child is getting a good education and that they have more time for recreational activities and socialization but this is something that must be fulfilled if a child is to benefit from homeschool in their developing years.
Many parents that choose to home-school feel that their children are at “risk” to social and peer problems at school but surely sheltering them from this just creates further problems when an individual steps out into the real world. It is unfair for parents to make the “home-school” decision because of their own worries of socialization at school.
Here at Piedmont College however there are many students who have made the transition from home-school to college fine with few problems at all, there is also evidence that they are the better performers in the classroom. Freshman Emilie Garner who had home-school experience as a child says, “If home-school is going to work it’s vital that children go to a homeschool group or participate in sports for example because socialization with other peers is how children learn their social skills.”