It happens in public school too. I would like to see the statistics of kids that die or end up in the hospital from physical abuse. How many were home schooled vs how many were public school?
How many teachers molest vs. how many homeschool parents?
How many teachers are serial offenders? How many parents are?
While the number of overall teachers who abuse may be a small percentage, the number of abuse cases may be significantly higher.
"It happens in public school too. "
A friend of mine in high school (many years ago) got seriously injured by a bully and all the school did was suspend the guy for a couple of weeks.
They acted like it was all taken care of and my friend should not have been concerned at all about coming back to school. The administrators told his parents that they were being "overly concerned" and that the school would make sure he was safe.
They didn't believe he was safe at all, this guy had abused other kids as well. So they took him out of school as soon as he had enough credits to finish out the year, much to the chagrin of the school.
School administrators can afford to be casual about the well-being of other people's children.
You're very right, parents who take the time and sacrafice to homeschool are far less likely to be abusive.
Exactly -- and how many kids are exposed to drugs because of peer pressure at a government school -- peers they never would have met if they had not attended these schools. In fact, the cultural atmosphere of any public school is much more likely to involve peer acceptance of drugs, alcohol, and reckless sexual behaviors. When you're homeschooled your parents have much better control of who your peers are.