A wonderful article from a Minnesota newspaper about a second-generation homeschooling family:
Homeschooling has been increasing in popularity for the last decade. But for many families it’s been a way of life for a much longer period of time.
“It’s a lifestyle. We don’t fit our life around school, we fit learning around life,” said Sarah Parks, who was homeschooled.
Her mom, Jean Smith, began homeschooling her four children in the ’80s, when it wasn’t yet accepted by society or the state of Minnesota. But, though there were difficulties and she was once brought to court, Jean held fast to the concept of homeschooling.
“I always thought their character development was way more important than anything else,” she said.
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