I can attest to the “lunacy” and “selfishness” of homeschooling parents... A family with 4 children who previously were in school with mine went off the deep-end! They pulled the three in grade school out when the perceived bullying was handled as they wanted it handled. This also masked the desire for the “golden child” in private high school to stay in that private high school - with the younger three in private school too, the oldest would need to go to public high school.
As for the home-schooled child as an adult: I had to work with one. He was even an Eagle Scout and passed the CPA test at the first sitting. He was hired bacause the hiring manager held the “EAGLE” in high regard. Social skills were very poor. After he was hired, it was found that his scout troop was a troop of one scout and one adult. He did NOT have any of the leadership skills one would normally find in an eagle scout.
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Wacky parents will do wacky things with or without homeschooling.
My experience with homeschooled adults has been that they are pretty normal and are quite grounded. They may lack a few negative experiences but hey, life will get around to slapping them with enough of those anyway.
There are good and bad examples in most everything. Most people that I know that homeschool take it seriously and do a terrific job.
“As for the home-schooled child as an adult: I had to work with one. He was even an Eagle Scout and passed the CPA test at the first sitting. He was hired bacause the hiring manager held the “EAGLE” in high regard. Social skills were very poor. After he was hired, it was found that his scout troop was a troop of one scout and one adult. He did NOT have any of the leadership skills one would normally find in an eagle scout.”
Surely you won’t find any maladapted, socially inept adults who graduated from public school. Right? I mean, they’re all beacons of social grace, and natural leaders, and brilliant. Right? And the example that you used, he must be representative of every home schooled adult in the country. Right?
I know a lot of kids who are home schooled, and a few adults who were home schooled. They are all well-adapted, smart, and their social skills are off the charts. EVERY, SINGLE, ONE. The vast majority of home schooling parents do a much better job than the vast majority of public school teachers. The stats don’t lie. Look it up. I’m not going to do the research for you. I did it before deciding not to send our kids to the local Kool-Aid dispensary.
We’re home schooling both of our kids. Even though they’re only 9 & 11, they both test at the high school level. They’re graceful and kind, and they have many friends. Every time they meet a new adult, the adult is left stunned by their ability to carry on a conversation at THE ADULT’S level. How many brainwashed, government educated, liberally indoctrinated drones can you say that about?
Oh yeah, I’m sending them back to public school. THAT would be the definition of, as you succinctly put it, “lunacy” and “selfishness.”