Should children be homeschooled?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Should children be homeschooled?
Position‹2 of 3›: No, children should not be homeschooled - they should go to public school
Argument‹4 of 4: Parents must adapt to two roles

Being both a parent and a teacher is just too much for many adults.

The argument

Being a parent is a difficult job in itself. When the role of teacher is added, some adults may find themselves vastly overwhelmed and unprepared for the tasks that lay ahead. Anxiety disorder is common among women and men, affecting 22-33% of the overall population. Taking on so many jobs would be likely to trigger anxiety, and perhaps bring it to the surface if it has been unexplored. Everyone needs their alone time, and the ability to send your child away to get educated and have them return to you in the evening is something that should be taken advantage of. It's important to the relationship between the parent and the child.

Premises

[P1]Parenting is already demanding, and adding the role of teacher can leave adults overwhelmed and unprepared, potentially triggering or surfacing anxiety, which affects a large share of the population. [P2] Sending a child out to be educated and welcoming them home in the evening gives both parent and child needed alone time and benefits their relationship. [C] Therefore, because parents should not have to adapt to two roles, children should go to public school rather than be homeschooled.

Counter-arguments

Not every parent has a job, and not every parent may find balancing teaching and working overwhelming. It all depends on the parent. Those with full-time jobs may not want to try homeschooling, while stay-at-home parents may find the task of educating their own children rewarding and fulfilling.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P3] While this may be true for some parents, it is not universally true.