Mistacres Blog

Millions of kids have, or are about to start a new school year. According to an article in Kids Health: Although every day isn’t great, 65% of the 965 kids asked said they liked school a lot. That leave 35% of the students that disliked being at school. That is a large group of children that are not happy.

Interesting is that girls were generally happier then boys. 30% of the boys surveyed said they disliked school a lot as compared to 14% of the girls.

Why are so many kids unhappy with school? Often it is because of low grades or problems with their peers. Sometimes it is related to home issues. And students, by their own admission, will not seek out the help that is offered them through the school. If they aren’t seeking help then they are less likely to problem solve the issues successfully causing them to just get worse.

Having more personal contact with their child, control over the educational environment, more productive quality family time are just a few reasons why families decide to home school. With a good support system that assures the child’s academic needs are being appropriately met, home-schooled students are less likely to have the challenges that face many of the students in the public schools.