education is compulsory

Conclusion

Take the plunge! Do it! Thousands have done so successfully. I've yet to meet any ex-school family who said that moving to home-education was the wrong decision. There cannot be failures, since there is nothing to fail. The best you can do for your children is to help them to get what they want from life and get where they want to go. Remember, they are real people with real ideas, real aspirations and real experiences. Just because they haven't got the same 'experience of life' (whatever that means) that adults claim to have, their views and opinions are just as valid and adults have no right to trample all over those decisions just because they are adults. Older does not mean wiser - look at all the problems in your street, locality, country and the world. How many of them are caused by children?

Wherever they are going in life, let's help them on their way, not get in their way. We need to let them go, observe, listen, help and guide when asked. The future of childrens’ happiness, self-confidence and life-fulfilment is in their hands, but only if we, the parents, trust it to happen.

Thanks for listening,


© Alan Harris-Reid, January 2002