Should homeschooling be legal?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Seriously deadman, why are you so virulently against the anti-homeschooling??? That's really an important issue???

Considering that he's responding to someone who compared homeschooling to bigoted discrimination, it would make more sense to ask the anti-homeschooling crowd on here the same question.

Seriously deadman, why are you so virulently against the anti-homeschooling??? That's really an important issue???

Considering that he's responding to someone who compared homeschooling to bigoted discrimination, it would make more sense to ask the anti-homeschooling crowd on here the same question.

And blanket child abuse accusations. Lets not forget those, which always seem to get made on these threads.

Thanks for the clarification.

Seriously the anti homeschooling, why are you SO against that??? There isn't something much important as a political issue?

If it's not an issue that you think matters, why wouldn't you err on the side of giving people a choice? What gives the government the right to declare that something is "good for socialization" and legislate away every other option?

One of the friendliest, most considerate, compassionate people I know was homeschooled. She's down to earth and probably had a better educational experience than most people I know because her mother was able to teach to her level, give her more attention than she would've gotten at a public school, and take her out into the world to learn things. She visited farms, museums, science centres... she got a good education and learned what she needed to learn. Obviously there should be standards, but if a parent wants to do it, there's no reason to take away that right. If a parent can corrupt his or her children via homeschooling, that parent will find a way to do it without homeschooling as well.