In some countries, there is an increase in the number of parents who educate their children at home. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

With developed modern technologies, people are adopting a variety of new ways to educate their

children

and some

parents

prefer teaching their kids at home.

Although

I admit that

this

trend will be beneficial in a few aspects, I believe it is overall negative and a better choice remains to be sending them to schools. Home-teaching is more child-dependent and

parents

can control the pace according to kids' performance and manage the time

accordingly

.

For example

,

parents

can accelerate the process and even skip some chapters if their

children

are good at certain subjects,

therefore

sparing time to dedicate to the weak points .

As a result

, the teaching effort can work more efficiently than attempting to coordinate among all students in the class. Another advantage of home-based education is that kids no longer need to go to school during rush hours, which will contribute to solving the traffic congestion problem as well as reducing carbon emission.

On the other hand

, knowledge and skills taught by

parents

at home tend to be quite basic and can not fulfil the demands of the future job market.

For example

, English is playing an increasingly important role in modern society and it is commonly required for employees to have a good knowledge of English if they want to find a satisfying position.

However

, most

parents

don't appreciate the value of English and are not qualified with

this

capability themselves, not to mention to help develop

this

skill for their

children

.

In addition

,

parents

are likely to have preferences of certain topics over others, which may result in an imbalance when they perform teaching activities. In conclusion, while educating

children

at home seems to be positive in some aspects, I think its negative influences outweigh these advantages significantly and

parents

should consider more carefully before taking

this

action.