{"id":317,"date":"2014-12-04T22:42:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T05:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2015-05-20T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T00:09:47","slug":"top-20-advantages-to-homeschooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/top-20-advantages-to-homeschooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Advantages to Homeschooling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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20. Your kids never tell you that you\u2019re a lot dumber than their teacher.
\n19. If you can\u2019t find matching socks for your child first thing in the morning, who cares?
\n18. Cleaning out the refrigerator can double as chemistry lab.
\n17. Your kids have good reason to think they might get spanked in school, but no reason to think they\u2019ll get beat up by a gang.
\n16. If the principal gives the teacher a bad evaluation, she can stick her icy feet against his legs at night.
\n15. You can post the Ten Commandments on your school room wall and won\u2019t get sued.
\n14. You never have to drive your child\u2019s forgotten lunch to school.
\n13. Your child will never go to their 20th high school reunion, meet an old flame, and recklessly abandon their marriage.
\n12. You get to change more than diapers; you get to change their minds.
\n11. If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you\u2019re having a PTA meeting.
\n10. It\u2019s better to be slightly concerned about socialization than very concerned about socialism.
\n9. You child will never suffer the embarrassment of group showers after P.E.
\n8. The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook.
\n7. You never have to face the dilemma of whether to take your child\u2019s side or the teacher\u2019s side in a dispute at school.
\n6. If your child gets drugs at school it\u2019s probably Tylenol.
\n5. The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.
\n4. Your kids recognize that this list is numerically in reverse order.
\n3. Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you have on your car.
\n2. If your child claims that the dog ate his homework you can ask the dog.
\n1. Some day your children will consider you to be a miracle- working expert and will turn to you for advice.
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