Scared For School: 4 In 5 Parents Considering Homeschooling Kids This Fall
Scared For School: 4 In 5
Parents Considering Homeschooling Kids This Fall
by Chris Melore August 3,
2020
New survey shows that 82% of
parents are more worried about sending kids back to school than ever before. A
quarter say they absolutely will not allow their children in a classroom.
NEW YORK — As autumn
nears and the coronavirus outbreak wears on, the next school year is becoming
more uncertain for many parents. A new survey finds four in five parents are
thinking about homeschooling their school-age children this fall. Of those
parents, nearly half say they’re seriously considering keeping their kids home
in 2020 and 2021.
The poll, commissioned
by Crispy Green and
conducted by OnePoll, spoke with 2,000 parents to see how families are
adjusting to the “new normal” created by COVID-19.
Researchers reveal, if given the choice to open or close all schools this fall,
one in four parents would not allow children back into the classroom.
Health is the biggest concern
for most parents
The vast majority of
respondents say the risk of infection is the biggest driving force in
considering homeschooling. Among the parents thinking about a virtual
education, 81 percent point to increasing health concerns. Eighty-two percent
admit they’re more scared to send their kids into a school than ever before.
Parents also worry that once
children are back in class, hygiene issues will quickly put schools at risk.
About 60 percent of respondents don’t believe their children will
properly wash their hands in school. Nearly half the
respondents say they’re trying to teach their kids about proper hygiene during
the pandemic.
Researchers say a majority of
parents are also taking this time in isolation to talk to their children more
about safety and the importance of social distancing.
An expensive and
time-consuming school year
One of the big takeaways from
the poll is how costly COVID-19 will be for parents preparing children for
school. Three in four respondents are expecting to spend an extra $147 per
child to get them the proper supplies. Those same parents add that getting
their kids ready for class will take much longer. They believe prepping to go to
school during the pandemic will take an extra 40 minutes each
morning.
Despite all the preparations
families are making, 77 percent say they won’t be fully prepared for schools to
reopen. Many parents have a long list of demands for education officials before
they begin to feel comfortable with the idea of going back to school.
Over half, 55 percent, want
increased COVID-19 testing and regular temperature checks on
school premises. Nearly the same number of parents want smaller class sizes in
the fall. Fifty percent want plenty of hand sanitizer available for children,
while four in ten parents want schools to use more digital textbooks too.
“Whether kids will be
virtually learning from home or going back to their physical school, parents
will be hyper-focused on kids’ immune system to ward off ANY potential
illnesses … including COVID,” a spokesperson for Crispy Green says in a
statement.
The digital generation is
coping better with COVID-19
Despite all the uncertainty tied to the next school year,
parents know their children are doing a better job of coping with all the
changes than they are. Seventy-one percent admit they wouldn’t have handled a
pandemic as well when they were children. The representative from Crispy Green
believes today’s tech-savvy society is better equipped to deal with such a
disruption to in-person learning.
“If this happened 25 years
ago, there would be substantially fewer options to successfully manage these
challenges.”
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