Disadvantages of homeschooling

As a parent or tutor, homeschooling could take a tremendous amount of time and energy to prepare for the lessons. Also, if one is homeschooling more than one child, the preparation time is doubled or tripled.^[28] Some believe that the stress that preparation and mastery will place on any family is a strong argument against homeschooling. Some believe that the amount of time spent schooling and the preparation time are some of the main disadvantages to homeschooling. Another disadvantage could be the lack of science labs and materials, because at home, one may have limited resources.^[28] Not only does the parent or tutor teach lessons several subjects, but they also need to research each topic enough to feel comfortable answering questions the child may have. This can be done with the child as a lesson in how to learn. Some believe that homeschooled children could be isolated from the outside world, eventually making them socially and educationally handicapped, however, little data suggests this is the case. Some feel that signing them up for a homeschool group (or any other group/sport/civic organization/church/club involving human interaction) will help them to make friends.^[29] Mayberry et al., (1995)^[30] found that 92% of public school educators surveyed believed homeschooled children do not receive adequate socialisation. Unless children are exposed to the social life found in public or private schools on a daily basis, they could lack the skills needed to successfully adapt to real-life situations when they are older.