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I’m a homeschooling father. Husband of one wife (Sook Ching) and dad to two boys (Ethan and Elliot). Homeschooling means educating one’s own children in the home and both my wife and I have been doing that with our 2 sons all their lives. I moderate an online network of Christian homeschoolers in Malaysia called HOMEFRONTIER for some years now, and I am also an associate of MALHEN (Malaysian Home Educators Network) which is a homeschool network comprising families from all faith communities.

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This blog is an attempt at organizing all my thoughts and writings about homeschooling (and alternative education) in one place. I expect it to evolve to include contributions from other homeschoolers as well. That should go a long way to help Malaysians who want to consider homeschooling to read how real families are doing it – even in a place as unlikely as Malaysia.

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David BC Tan

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