That's interesting to hear, as someone living in a different country I always assume that the reason to homeschool is so you could give your children better education.
That's a common reason here, too. It's why I was homeschooled—my parents were perfectly content to send us to public school until we moved to another state and had a terrible local school.
OP's perception is because we also have a much larger conservative-Christian cohort than most other developed countries. As the grandparent points out, that leads to a large percentage of homeschoolers doing it for non-academic reasons, which skews stats and public perception.
> That's interesting to hear, as someone living in a different country I always assume that the reason to homeschool is so you could give your children better education.
The attitude I was raised with is that parents will always have to provide supplemental education but the socialization school provides is much more difficult to replace.
OP's perception is because we also have a much larger conservative-Christian cohort than most other developed countries. As the grandparent points out, that leads to a large percentage of homeschoolers doing it for non-academic reasons, which skews stats and public perception.