The second question of my survey was:
What is the number one reason you homeschool?
- Don’t like public school.
- Gospel.
- Christian worldview.
- Didn’t think school was doing a good job.
- Sees a lot of reasons and advantages to homeschool (response from the retired public school teacher).
- Transmit our faith.
- God. The influence of God in education.
- God. Teach kids about God.
- Godly character.
- Impact future generations – raise children in the fear and admonition of the Lord.
- Education; couldn’t imagine separating education from spiritual emphasis.
- To have the heart of my children and point them to God.
- Build character.
- Instill Christian values.
- The heart; to keep our kids’ heart.
- So that our family will be close and we can give them a Christian education.
- Want the best for our kids.
- Raise godly men to go fight.
- Religion.
- Opportunity to instill faith.
- It is spiritually better because they are taught the truth.
- God’s calling.
- Biblical worldview and character training.
- Worldview.
- Spend more time with our kids.
- Don’t like the public schools (used to teach at community college and didn’t like what he was seeing).
- Worldview reasons; biblical perspective; protect from public school.
- Thought she was supposed to do it.
- Passing on the faith; educated the right way.
- Character.
- It’s the right way to do it.