Our course homeschoolers welcome any person that wants to homeschool. My problem with the article is that she is very derogatory to the people that she had stereotyped as homeschoolers. Those religious “extremists” as she called them were the ones that fought the battle to make homeschooling legal. If it weren’t for their ‘crazy’ religious convictions, homeschooling wouldn’t be an option for her. I doubt people who are homeschooling for the reasons that she outlines, would have had the courage of their convictions to face persecution and incarceration.
I am glad that homeschooling is mainstream now and I am glad that she has that freedom. I just don’t want to see people derided and insulted because they are different from other homeschoolers.
I just find it a little simplistic that we even are supposed to need a “reason” to homeschool. Like we have to justify our choice!
Good for you for calling her on her arrogance.