Why more Christians are homeschooling their children
By 
Heather Tomlinson2023-09-26T13:26:00
Despite the Church’s best efforts, Christian belief continues to decline among younger generations. Could home education form part of the answer?
Jenni Cassidy has educated all of her seven children at home. “There are so many things that are great about homeschooling,” she tells me. “The children can thrive and become the people God has called them to be, in an environment that God has created for them to do that.”
Her enthusiasm is common among home educators, and there are more of them than ever before in the UK. Home education has been popular among Christians for some time. The Eastern Orthodox writer Rod Dreher advocated homeschooling in his popular 2017 book The Benedict Option (Sentinel), and it is often promoted on social media by Christian leaders.
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