Homeschool Help

My children love sports and I love to let them participate.  Right now they are young enough that the only team sports available are through the local recreation departments.  But they are growing up fast.  In just a few more years, the only sports that will be open will be through the local schools.

Currently, there is a move in Alabama to allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activities through the public school system.  Tim Tebow has helped this cause because he was homeschooled but participated in public sports.  Still, I can’t help but wonder is this is the answer we are looking for.

1.      Technically there is no homeschooling in Alabama.  We are “church schooled.”  There for our activities should come through our school system.

2.      There are more than enough homeschool students in any community to form organized teams if we would all just quit hiding in the bushes.

3.      Public school kids are exposed to different attitudes, elements, and ideas than most homeschooled kids and they WILL out number the homeschoolers on a given team.

Instead of looking to the government to fit our needs, there has to be a way that we can do that as a group.  Maybe a church in each district could sponsor a homeschool cover and that cover could sponsor sports teams, debate teams, and even drama teams.

There is a lot out there that homeschoolers are missing because we aren’t coming together.  Although I still have a few years before a decision has to be made, it is something that I think about almost every day.