text: for homeschoolers, why did you choose, or why will you choose, to homeschool your kids? my oldest is only three and i teach him pre-school lessons, but i will be homeschooling until he graduates, and any more that i may have. but i'm curious as to why other parents decided to homeschool? my reasons were many, but a few were school violence, too much focus on socializing and not enough on learning, agreeing with a lot of what is being taught, negative peer pressure. wow, this is a loaded question!  well, we decided for many reasons.  #1 reason is for faith based reasons. #2 reason is that texas schools teach to the standardized test called taks, so kids are only learning to improve scores and that means more money for the school, #3 is because we wanted to be the main influences in our kids lives not the folks at school, #4 we have read numerous studies that children who are home schooled are stronger academically and morally.