Parents are finding out that there are good things about homeschooling their kids — and there are also a lot of drawbacks.
New research from Harvard looked at the good and bad about keeping your children out of public schools.
The researchers say homeschooling will make a child less likely to give in to peer pressure to drink, try drugs, or get into a lot of bad relationships as adults. They're also more likely to volunteer to help others.
But, homeschooled kids are more likely to not get a college degree. 77 percent of homeschoolers don't even bother getting any more education past high school.
"The largest differences in our study in subsequent outcomes were between homeschooling and public schools," the study said. "[Compared to those at public schools], homeschoolers in this sample were more likely to report subsequently greater character strengths and fewer risky health behaviors. However, homeschooled students were less likely to attain a college degree."
"The results of this study might thus help inform policy-makers, educators, parents and other education stakeholders in their decisions by consideration of the evidence on this broader range of educational goals and outcomes," the authors concluded.
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