[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah, my homeschooled kid (type 1) became friends with a homeschooled kid (type 2) for awhile. The difference was huge. They are no longer friends because the kid swindled my kid out of $80. My kid was sweet, generous, and trusting. Is that the fault of homeschooling? Probably. That kid was manipulative, dishonest, and rotten. Let me also say that he wasn't homeschooled until high school, and that was because he was failing in public school.

[kalee]

During the two years I was the leader of our county homeschool group, I noticed an increase in preteen/teens whose parents were beginning to homeschool at the SUGGESTION of the public schools. In other words the schools were shunting their problems off to the homeschool community. Sadly the parents who were pushed into this usually lacked the much needed desire and commitment so usually failed with the kids as well.