Frequently Asked Home School Questions - Reasons Cited for Home Schooling

What reasons are most often given by North Carolinians for home schooling their children?

Reasons cited are diverse and determined by each family's particular circumstances. 
The most commonly mentioned ones include: 

• Parent believes educating the child is his/her responsibility and does not wish to delegate it to others.
• Parent wishes to teach academic subjects from a religious perspective.
• Parent wants to develop basic math, reading and comprehension skills in the child before later enrolling him/her in a traditional school setting.
• Parent desires more bonding with the child and more family time.
• Child prefers to be taught at home.
• Highly motivated child wants to move at a faster pace or take more advanced subjects.
• Child does better in a one-on-one learning environment.
• Cost of private schools.
• Local private schools cannot accommodate additional students.
• Child is easily distracted by his/her environment.
• Security or peer threats in school.
• Lack of school discipline; child has been suspended or expelled from a regular school.
• Parent has a chronically ill child who misses school too often.