Homeschooling Professional Children

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Some children homeschool because they want to. Some children homeschool because their parents think it is best. Some children homeschool to make time for other activities. Other children homeschool because they do not have time for school.

Professional children are children that participate full time in sports, or as actors,or musicians. Most children you see on TV and in the movies these days are homeschooled. This is probably why so many famous people homeschool their own kids. It worked for them. Why not do the same for their children?

Ice skaters, for instance, work out 24 or more hours a week in order to compete. Imagine a child going to school from nine until three, and then practicing on ice until 8pm. While this is certainly do-able, as a child gets older, and homework builds up, this schedule can become quite stressful. Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams were homeschooled in order to excel in the sport of their choice. In this article USA Today profiles homeschooled athletes.

According to wikipedia.org, "compulsory education laws mandate that the education of child actor not be disrupted while the child is working. Whether a child actor is enrolled in public school, private school, or home school, the child does schoolwork under the supervision of a set teacher while on the set." Therefore, while many child actors manage to spend some time in public school, and get to participate in activities, whenever possible, they are still tutored (homeschooled) while on set. Onlocationeducation.com was founded in 1982 to provide "outstanding educational opportunities" for young performers. They have provided education alternatives in New York, Orlando, Los Angeles, and Baton Rouge.

Whether your child is a professional in any sense of the word, or whether your child has professional aspirations, it is good to know that education can be structured to fit their dreams. If children had to fit their dreams around education, there would be a whole lot less accomplished kids in the world. That would be a shame.

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Andrea Hermitt is a native New Yorker currently residing in GA. She has been married for over 16 years and has two teenage children.

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