I agree with you. IMO the proper way to look upon this is as: “speaking up in defense” instead of “being a victim”.
I see it as a way to educate an ignorant person on the error of this mindset towards homeschooling, or to expose his bias towards the corruption of 12 year old children.
When Iran’s President tells the world that he thinks there was no Holocaust, do you think we should all be silent because he should be allowed to say anything he wants ? With public actions comes responsibility - the responsibility to be held accountable.
If we don’t defend homeschooling, who will ?
You have a point but the problem I see is denying the holocaust and contrasting public and home schooled children are not quite the same thing.
The only reason I can see to “defend” homeschooling is the possibility that if we don’t it might be possible that some might try and take that right away. Otherwise I am happy to have those ignorant of homeschooling live long and sad lives ignorant of the advantage they could be giving their kids. Course that is assuming that they are not so selfish that they would be willing to spend the time with their kids.
Re: Socialization...I agree wholeheartedly with others that I don’t want my kids “socialized” by the brats, thugs and left wing teachers roaming the schools these days. But even more importantly I believe that having an extremely close knit family gives my kids advantages that others can only dream of. After all how many 7 year olds are able to confidently travel by themselves to Manhattan to visit their Aunt?