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"Where does he make such claims? I think that you may have misunderstood some of his statements."

In rereading the article what he does is insinuates early on that homeschoolers have a special concern. Then he goes on and has at least 6 different paragraphs where he keeps bringing up homeschoolers. Now to be fair he does deny that there is any link and actually states homeschool parents are usually more committed to the kids. But the insinuation was already made and then dredged over and over and over. Perhaps it is just a poorly written article. But it has the feel of an attack on homeschoolers. You read it and you get the impression he is linking the two. Otherwise, why even bring homeschooling up.

I think because he has many homeschooling parents as clients with concerns, he is basing his references in that context and not necessarily making any kind of leap that homeschooling may equal homosexuality.

There are a ton of homeschooling families around our community. . .cant say Ive seen an abundance of effeminate behavior, although I *have* seen some. OTOH, I see about the same amount in the public schooling arena, as well. A couple I know push their one son into as many sports as they possibly can because they think he is too sensitive. I think that is wrong and may end up having the opposite effect of their desired outcome. Ill also mention that as a baby and still today, dad is out of town an awful lot - when this little boy was a baby, his mother glombed onto him almost as a replacement for her frequently MIA husband. . .visited one day and she had painted this kids fingernails. (And they wonder why he might be a little bit girly and would rather play music or color instead of hockey?)

In rereading the article what he does is insinuates early on that homeschoolers have a special concern.

He doesn't insinuate that - he comes right out and says it: "To begin, I would say that I think home-schooled children have a particular vulnerability for a number of reasons. The primary reason, especially for the boy (and I'll be focusing primarily on boys), is that it isolates him from his peers."

To me, that isn't an attack. It's an observation and an inherently true statement.

But it has the feel of an attack on homeschoolers. You read it and you get the impression he is linking the two. Otherwise, why even bring homeschooling up.

I think that he explains the reason that he brings up homeschooling when he says, "In fact, I'm working right now with a number of parents who are concerned about symptoms what we call pre-homosexual symptoms or gender-identity confusion and a number of these parents are homeschooling these children. The problem that they all complain about is that their son does not have access to boys his age and cannot participate in the kinds of ordinary activities of boys, like sports and sleepovers and just getting together and playing. I think that's a critical factor."