[tcmart14]

Because a lot of people in America can't get over the fact that living in a society is messy. Sure, there are bad kids at a school that may influence your child. But one day your child will be 18 without mommy and daddy and drug dealers exist. Also, kids going away to school allows them to establish their own personality outside of home life a lot more. Rather my kids do it young and learn rather than wait until they are 18 and moving out.

Although having grown up in the south and from having neighbors who home school, it is more about, "they teach evolution in school and not 6,000 year old earth."

[nkjnlknlk]

I don't think the dichotomy you're presenting is fair? You can have bad kids, teachers, etc. bully your kid at school. For the most part, you're not going to get bullied in most office jobs (though I do not want to downplay its existence in the workplace). At the very least, given enough privilege, you can change jobs. You can homeschool children and still have them socialize (in more controlled environments until you loosen your level of paranoia).

Why is school the only place to establish a personality or develop socialization? There are plenty of communities outside of school where kids and adults can engage and grow.

If you have enough resources I don't see why homeschooling would be an invalid option. The public school system is terrible for a multitude of reasons.

[desmosxxx]

I see your point, but there is a line and maybe America is actually worse. There are a lot of countries I am very familiar with where if I lived there I would not have a problem sending my kids to public schools. Here I live in a good district and am still on the fence. I am an atheist and plenty of people here are now homeschooling for nonreligious reasons, but yes that has and still does make up a lot of the homeschooling.