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Originally Posted by redforever
As far as I am concerned, by and large, most parents know what is in the best interests of their children.
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I don't think I'd agree, and even it was was most parents, you still have that group that isn't part of most parents.
Teaching isn't easy at the best of times.
I know I've gone through some things with my son that if I'd left the way they were it would have been serious problems down the road, but with professional help it's been addressed beyond my dreams.
There's a reason people go to school and train for a large chunk of time to be teachers, or OT, or speech pathologists, or whatever.
As for home schooling, I had friends that were home schooled and they were very odd and had difficulties integrating into society when the time came.. the girls ended up marrying very young (16, one might have been 15 not sure). I don't think home schooling is necessarily the cause of that, the devil as always is in the details. I think it's more an attitude of "the world is evil and lets make sure our family is as far away from it as possible".
I guess if home schooled kids can pass standardized testing, and meet the requirements for other aspects of education... But before being a parent I was much more ok with home schooling than I am now that I've had experience with skilled professionals; a parent just cannot fill some roles.