Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right

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Homeschooling is only as good as the people teaching. I know several home schooled children and they are all well educated due to the fact that their parents are. I can see how it could pan out differently with different parents.

In one case, the child was removed from school thanks to bullying. Mainstream schools have never truly solved that issue in my expeience.

This and many other issues. - Trusting strangers with your children and hoping that they will teach your kids the same values that you have and aren't teaching them the opposite for 8 hours a day. - Your children are exposed to other children that you have no control over during their most formative years, eg: kids from abusive households, drug addict parents, etc, of which the bullying is just the visible aspect.

Lots of bad parents out there that homeschool their kids, but I know some parents that put a lot of effort into making sure their kids are socializing and participating in social programs and have a community when homeschooling.

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