is homeschooling child abuse?

[Barnes]

No, because child abuse should not be trivialised for cheap point scoring. But homeschooling is undeniably a bad idea from a pedagogical perspective.

Al's point should have settled this particular line of questioning. Obviously, if someone was a child abuser, the fact that they also homeschooled their child would be irrelevant.

Now in the mind of a proper debate on pedagogy, as with most things in everyday life, their is no absolute edifice which you can easily stand up against. I will say that homeschoolers in the American South might have it better off than some kids sent to suburban/rural private schools. Many of which were established in the '70s to overtly oppose integration.

[Barnes]

(the fact that nobody seemed to think the way I was speaking in this thread was especially out of character or something says a lot about me, maybe, sadly)

All it says is that you don't post very much.

As someone who just showed up after being off this site for over a year, I heartily agree. Don't worry about it. The choice of terminology is always critical, though...

In summary, voted 'nuh uh', but in all honesty I think homeschooling should be reserved for very extreme cases and that in current society it should be curtailed.

I thoroughly agree, Vosem. Every case can be distinct, but in general, attempts to indoctrinate children at home or save them from the outside world should be discouraged.

[Barnes]

I was just having a bit of a drunken troll

That's the best kind of trolling. 

Reminiscent of the great Duke drunken love-ins of old.