all have their different reasons. In a study from an article called "Home Sweet School" in Time magazine, the largest percentage of parents study for religious reasons – 38.4% to be exact. Pope John Paul II says:
             Parents are the first and foremost educators of their children, and they also possess a fundamental competence in this area; they are educators because they are parents (TORCH).
             The parents just happen to believe him, and a vast number of them are taking this route to what they believe will be a better religious upbringing. Children can focus in on the curriculum that endorses their religion and learn the morals that their parents wish.
             Some parents – approximately 11.6% according to Time magazine – homeschool their children because they believe that their children are not being challenged, that their children can succeed while homeschooling, which may very well be true. Studies on test scores from the National Home Education Research Institute say that homeschoolers on average score 87 in reading sections on standardized tests, 80 in language, and 82 in math. The national standard for all three is 50. The average SAT score for a homeschooler is 1100, while the average for a general child is 1019. What does that say about the public school system? Homeschooling families believe that it is a wonderful idea to rid themselves of a school system that cannot teach their children in the correct way.
             Of course, the question of socialization always arises. However, Patricia Lines, an expert in homeschooling affairs, states:
             [Home educators] have not turned their backs on the broader social contact as understood at the time of the Founding [of America]. Like the Anti-federalists, these homeschoolers are asserting their historic individual rights so that they may form more meaningful bonds with family and community. In doing so, they are not abdicating from the American agreement. T...