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The Homeschool Decision
Is It a Viable Alternative for
Your Grandchild?
Your Grandchild?
By Teri Brown
"Older adults occasionally have a hard time accepting change or new ideas," says Orr, who homeschools her 
own children. "I also think that homeschooling is too non-mainstream for many of them to accept. Some grandparents also feel that it is an indirect insult to the fact that they had not homeschooled their own children."
If grandparents could understand how important their contribution could be to their grandchildren's schooling, they might look at it differently. Homeschooling often is the perfect way for grandparents to get involved with their grandchildren in a very meaningful way.
"Grandparents can offer to be involved," Orr says. "Teach a child how to knit. Discuss the past. Build a model plane. Go on a field trip. Share this special time."
In the years since, however, Orr's parents have become homeschooling advocates. "They now see how well the children turned out and have read enough of my books and heard enough of my presentations that they support homeschooling ... and can often be found defending it to their friends and neighbors," Orr says.
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