Homeschooling Right for Your Family?

A 2025 Parenting Guide

A choice once seen as fringe is now fully in the mainstream. In 2025, over 3.7 million children in the US—about 1 in 20 students (K-12)—are homeschooled.

But the change isn’t just in the numbers. It’s in who is homeschooling and why.

Once the domain of rural families or off-grid idealists, homeschooling is now embraced by urban professionals, dual-income households, tech founders, and progressive families alike. For many, it’s become a flexible, modern, and values-driven alternative to conventional school.

Still, if homeschooling is on the table for your family, a few big questions probably come to mind:

• Will my child become socially isolated?
• Can we realistically homeschool with two working parents?
• Will colleges take us seriously?

Let’s tackle them—honestly and practically.

Concern #1: “What about socialization?”

Totally fair. But here’s what the research actually says: