Are you considering home educating your child? Do you have many questions that you need answered? Do you need guidance and support? Teach Yourself Home Education is a comprehensive guide to this very important life choice. Every parent has the right to educate their child at home. This book describes exactly what home education is, how it works, why families opt to do it and answers the many concerns parents have when considering doing it themselves. How do home-educated children make friends? What about exams and qualifications? Do you have to be wealthy? Do you need to be an expert in every subject? Setting out all of the options, this book is an objective guide to home education.

Author Biography

Deborah Durbin is an experienced mother of three who has home-educated her own children for the last four years. Having qualified as a journalist in 1999, Deborah writes regularly for several national newspapers, is a freelance writer and has taught creative writing and journalism courses for both adults and children.