I couldn't do it. My kids don't listen to me when I try to explain something, but they do listen to their teachers in school.
I'm happy I don't have to spend all day with my kids. I love them a lot, and I think I'm doing a decent job as a parent, but I think input from other people is also worth a lot -- especially from people who went to university to become teachers.
My kids still get out. They are still taught by qualified professionals. It's just on our terms and in environments that feel healthier to us.
We're not with them all the time, but we definitely don't get as much free time as those that go to school.
There was a scandal in our school district recently where an assembly included a drag show that students were forced to watch and parents were not notified of ahead of time.
I'll take my chances teaching them calculus instead. I picked it up eventually they will too.
I'll choose just one point, hopefully the least contentious.
Your child isn't being educated by 'some stranger'. They are being educated by someone with the required level of educational attainment themselves. There is a robust regulatory framework in place to ensure this as well as to address issues relating to the physical school environs and the curriculum taught.
They have passed the necessary background checks and continue to do so.
Those chose to become educators, at time and expense to themselves.
I could go on but I won't labour the point
Self directed learning (which is basically unschooling) is so powerful and it's not uncommon for kids to go from zero reading to reading thick books (like Harry Potter, for example), within 6 months.
Kids/people have to want to learn and it's hard to manage that in a school setting.
I know as an adult that I can't learn things that I'm not interested in, it's the same for kids. And the curriculum is generally not very interesting.
Learning to see through bullshit, and play along enough to get by has been a valuable skill in my life.
This person is not my friend or family. They are a stranger. How they conduct themselves during an annual parent-teacher conference, PTA meetings, etc. is no indication of their behavior when I am not around.
>There is a robust regulatory framework in place to ensure this as well as to address issues relating to the physical school environs and the curriculum taught.
That does not stop them from inserting their own biases or whatever nonsense ideology they want to peddle. If what you said was even true, there wouldn't be lousy teachers that make the process of learning more difficult for students.