--Pro+2

**__Pro #2__**

Many parents worry about their children as they send them off to school in the morning. Safety is very important, and is much better to monitor and control when your child is being homeschooled. You can have a better watch on your child’s friends and free of worries about bullies, too (Steiner, 2007). Another great thing about homeschooling is you have “no worries about sexual abuse…the sexual abuse problem in public schools are an even more pervasive problem and, shamefully, it has not been adequately addressed” (Steiner, 2007). Once they start homeschooling, many parents find that a huge weight has been lifted off of their shoulders, without having to worry so much anymore. " A separate federal report showed a rising number of teenagers are skipping school for fear of getting hurt, even though reported school violence is down (Monaghan 2002).