As to your homeschooling post... well, I personally would never in a trillion years put a kid in the public school systems. There are sacrifices that can be made... single income, help from relatives, whatever, but if it's possible I will do it. Of course there are people who shouldn't homeschool. But, on the whole, these days at least, public schools do not properly educate children. When I go to college and am the only person in the class who can A. write a coherent essay B. have a consistent worldview and C. accomplish such simple feats as placing Homer as BC rather than AD, that says something to me.
However, FR is rather tilted in favor of homeschooling and I suppose we need some people like you to say otherwise.