Am I Qualified to Teach my Child?

In short...yes.  Although you might live in a state that doesn't think you are.

Parents are blessed with the job of teaching their kids from the time they are born.  We teach them to talk, walk, say please and thank you, to clean their rooms, care for their bodies...the list goes on and on.  We tend to stumble though, when we think of teaching them reading, writing, and math.  Fortunately, home school curriculum has come a long way over the past 25 years!

If you decide to home educate your child, you will run across the criticism that you are not certified nor qualified.  You might even fall for that yourself.  However, this statement is simply misinformation and assumption that certification is better. It doesn't take the statistics into account.  Many home schooling families are middle to upper class, and a percentage have only a high school education, yet they still continue to score high on standardized tests.  The proof is never in assumptions nor criticism, it is in the results-and the results continually speak for themselves.  The best teacher a child can ever have is one who cares deeply for them and desires to see them succeed with confidence.  In most cases, parents fit this profile more than anyone else.

This is a great article discussing the myth that you need to be certified to teach your child:

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000214.asp