[TalonDJ]

At homeschooling conventions, walking in the crowd, you can spot the kids fresh out of public school or whose parents are only thinking of home schooling. You can spot them from a hundred feet away by their despondent ‘ew I am in public with my parents’ expression and their slouching ‘I am cool because I hate you all’ body language. Ok, not all of them were this way but the percentage was enough to bet plenty of money on.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I am actually proof of that. I was public schooled and hated, detested, despised, every derogatory term you can think of, being with my parents in public during my teenage years.

I have teenagers now, homeschooled, and we adore each other, seek out ways to spend time together. Completely different world.

[cinives]

Six years ago PA was considering making its homeschooling laws more family-friendly. We homeschoolers held a rally and went to the public hearing in Harrisburg.

About 2400 people were there with their kids of all ages - babies to teenagers. I can tell you, I have never seen an auditorium filled with that many kids who were using the “nothing happening” time so constructively - most were reading or writing - and all were well-dressed with none wearing baggy falling-down or butt-crack-exhibiting pants.

I was so proud of all those positive examples of the maturity that comes with positive parental attention and homeschooling.