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There is a major time commitment involved in homeschooling for families. When a parent decides to home school their children it eliminates much of the parent’s time. To home school the parent must devise lesson plans and teach their kids. In homeschooling, you [the parent] have to be the teacher. You have to supervise lessons and check their progress. (Jeremy 1) Schooling involves activities and hands-on-activities. Many families who home school usually choose hands-on activities which usually take longer than regular class activities. (Shaw 1) Parents who home school usually don’t work so they can teach fulltime. (Jeremy 1) When a parent chooses to home school they spend much of their day teaching losing a lot of time for themselves.