When I saw Netmilsmom's later posts, I definitely understood why she arrived at her conclusion. The speaker did appear to flip flop on the issue. As someone who is considering homeschooling and has long supported parents who chose to homeschool, I know that homeschooling has been under considerable attack until recently. As more homeschoolers claim top honors in national contests and out-perform their public educated counterparts, they are finally gaining the acceptance and respect they deserve.
While I haven't re-read the thread or article in the last few days, I remember having the impression that someone else wrote the article with snippets from an interview.
I know from personal experience that organizing thoughts on paper, where one has the leisure of composing sentences to directly reflect a specific point, and public speaking or giving an interview, where one has to articulate in the moment, are very different things. I have been praised for my writing and received awards for my poetry, but I am a terrible public speaker - awful - the worst.
Given the doctor's numerous supportive comments on the involvement of homeschooling parents in the lives of their children, I am giving the doc the benefit of the doubt. I am presuming that he, like myself, didn't originally articulate his position as intended and was forced to clarify later on. But I certainly hold no ill will against anyone who doesn't see it my way.