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Five ways to get your husband’s support for your homeschool

By Michael J. Rayes

This article is geared toward those mothers who are already convinced that they need to home school their children. But what about your husband?
Hopefully you already have your husband's approval to begin homeschooling.
If your husband isn't outright hostile toward the idea of homeschooling, but he isn't crazy about it either, then your goal now should be to get him excited about it. How?

Try these five tips to change your husband's attitude from this:
"You can try it, honey, but if it doesn't work, we'll put the kids back in school."
To this:
"We are homeschooling because we want to!"

5. Appeal to his intellect. Show him Divini Illius Magistri from Pope Pius XI (December 31, 1929, "On Christian Education"). All parents everywhere have a clear right to educate their children. This should appeal to your husband's intellect and help to mollify some of his concerns.

4. Appeal to his paternal protection. These are his kids you're talking about. Should we homeschool, or should we expose them to drugs, violence, and sex in the public school? Should we homeschool, or should we expose them to drugs, soft porn, and materialistic values in the expensive Catholic school? Should we homeschool, or should we risk having a female teacher molesting his son? (This is an increasing phenomenon!)

3. Appeal to his passion. Is your husband a Sports Nut? Ask him to be the Physical Education coach. Is he into politics? Have him grade some history or social studies essays.

2. Appeal to his need for order. Give your husband some clean, grown-up space where there aren't papers and books everywhere. Shut the door to your homeschool area before he arrives home! If it's an open space with no door, then close the drawers and cabinets!

Create some area in your home (maybe the living room or the master bedroom) where there is a clean and grown-up sitting area, just for the two of you.

And the number one way to get your husband excited about homeschooling . . .

1. Appeal to his need to be a leader. Commission your husband as the Principal of the Homeschool. If he is concerned about how homeschooling will affect little Billy, or that Billy will be a Mama's boy, then get Dad involved to balance things!

Ask him to be in charge of the homeschool. You will still do everything you are doing now, but you should be able to turn to your husband for advice. He has unique skills and talents he can use to help run your homeschool!

These five appeals will certainly go a long way toward getting your husband's enthusiastic support. Try them and remember, have patience!

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