RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- The number of families choosing to homeschool their kids is growing, making North Carolina one of the top homeschool states in the nation.

"Homeschool affords us the opportunity to explore what we love ... For us, it's our faith. It's time together. It's reading aloud," said Helen Skeen, a Randolph County mom of three.

2020 was a turning point for the former educator. Skeen's twins were set to go to kindergarten in August of that year.

"I just really love being with my kids, so that was one of the things I was kind of hesitant about," Skeen said.

Five years later, they haven't looked back. Her two fifth graders, Anna Kathryn and Phillips, and her first grader, Charlie, learn side by side.

"You get to spend more time with your siblings and be closer inst

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