[GOP_1900AD]

Which part of the country do you live in? What ethnicity are the students? What sort of "home schooling" did they receive? What are the socieoeconomic backgrounds and educational levels of the parents? I think you get my drift... a lot depends on the particulars. I would argue that most of the "serious" home schoolers will never see the four walls of a public school until after they reach 18, and then, only in cases where they attend a public univeristy. I do not have kids or home school but know people who do. They are all professionals and well educated and their children are held to much higher standards than they would be in any school. It seems to me like you are not dealing with folks who are typical of the "home schooling movement", in fact, they may be lying to you about "home schooling". What you have described sounds very disfunctional and 180 degrees off from the traditional values and strong family ethics that most home schoolers have.

[bearsgirl90]

It seems to me like you are not dealing with folks who are typical of the "home schooling movement",.....

They are definitely not typical of the home schooling families in my area. This situation is rare.