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| Some say the increase in homeschooling could be partially related to the new sex-ed curriculum. |
If the term makes you think of a feral child living in a Volkswagen camper van with dreadlocked parents, you're way off because it appears that a variety of parents are turning to it.
Esther Ng, a Mississauga mother who home-schools her two kids, ages 10 and 15, said the endeavour is a lifestyle change, but rewarding. She works as a music teacher in the evenings and says home-schooling was a way to spend time with her kids.
A member of the Mississauga Christian Homeschool Association (MCHA), one of a small handful of local support groups in Peel, Ng has seen the number of home-schoolers here anecdotally "skyrocket" in the past couple years.
There were currently about 100 home-school students tied to the volunteer-run MCHA, which started about 25 years ago.
She partially attributes the surge to parents who have told her they are unhappy with the incoming sex-ed curriculum. (more...)
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