Is home schooling children better than sending them to public school? From an educator's point of view the home school setting has many pitfalls, but from a parent's perspective, educating one's child at home has many perks. Even so, people are asking "is home schooling the right thing to do?"

Well, according to many of the education experts, home schooling for elementary school in the formative years (Kindergarten to Sixth Grade) is socially damaging. Children of this age group are in their social development and need the kind of socialization that public schools provide. Without this social school exposure, the children may grow up thinking that all people they interact with are like themselves, when in fact, personalities and preferences of citizens they encounter will more than likely differ from theirs. There are serious concerns that these home schooled children will be ill-equipped to handle themselves and might possibly be in a constant state of confusion. So, for the sake of their social future in society, children need to be educated in the public school setting and not at home.

Another point of view to consider is that home school students are not subject to the "police state" now taking place on many school campuses. They are not distracted when the "fire alarm" sounds and what used to be a "fire drill" ends up being an evacuation of the school so law enforcement can have specially trained dogs sniff lockers for bombs and drugs. The home school students are not exposed to other students who are socially challenged in some way and are sometimes the perpetrators of horror in classroom hallways.

Home schooling students in this day and age is something more parents are doing. There is a growing number of students graduating from their "home school" doing well in society.