HomeSchooled Kids in College by Age 12?

[emilynghiem]

https://shine.yahoo.com/experts/how-we-got-our-kids-into-college-by-age-12-175102493.html

Kip and Mona Lisa Harding are just your average high school sweethearts … with 10 children. Oh, and seven of those 10 children have gotten into college by the age of 12 (so far), and the youngest three are well on their way to joining them.

First, a little about our kids. Our three eldest daughters are Hannah, 26, an engineer since age 22; Rosannah, 24, an architect with her own practice; and Serennah, 22, one of the youngest doctors in the U.S. Navy. Some of our boys are currently studying to become a computer scientist; a musician/composer; and a scholar of the Middle Ages (who currently has the highest average in his college classes). Another child, also now in college at age 11, is considering a law degree.

"How do you do it?" Since the release of our book "The Brainy Bunch," this has been the question we hear the most. People want to know how we get our children into college early — did we break or bend some sort of golden rule? They think it's impossible for our story to be true. Some even wonder how college admission could even be allowed for someone so young. The truth is that starting your child on a college curriculum at 10, 13, or 16 is possible — and we have done it seven times.

The common theme here is this: Our kids are not geniuses, and neither are we. We are just average folks who decided that we wanted to take a chance on homeschooling. And we're happy to share our homeschooling story whenever and wherever we are asked, because we want people to know that they have options. Parents can and should take control and decide how they want their kids to be educated. Of course, there are many private and public schools out there to choose from. But we want people to see that if ordinary people like us can homeschool and have great success then they can, too.

So, how do we do it? There is no science or formula to our success. We offer consulting services to parents all over the country, and during these sessions, we never say "buy this or that curriculum" or "follow these steps and — presto! — your kids will get into college by 12." What we do share is the advice that if we as parents let our kids work at their own pace, provide material that the kids are interested in, and never hold them back, then they'll begin to see amazing results. Here are our top tips on how to get there.

Summary of Hints:
1. Always ask children questions
2. Be patient
3. When properly equipped and inspired, a child will soon outdo his or her parents.
4. Give control to the kids

I think the Parental and household environment also has to be stable, and can't have other disruptions and issues going on that distract from the educational process and focus.

That part seems to be assumed as a given, or maybe more details and background are given in the book.

Has anyone checked out this resource and verified the accuracy and effectiveness
this Family has achieved?

Any similar links, stories or testimonies? Thanks!

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Your parents are your largest asset or obstacle to your educational success. A lot of people like to blame the schools, not that they aren't deserving of some blame, but at the end of the day it all comes down to parental involvement. Too many parents have decided that it's the government's job, not their's, to see to it that their child is "educated" and view the schools as a day care center while they go off to work. That is the reason why our public school system in this country is an enormous piece of shit.