[mattchew]

> And yes, there are some parents who do a great job homeschooling; I'm sure of it. I've just never met them, and I was extensively involved in local homeschooling programs back in my home town, so I interacted with dozens of homeschooling families, hundreds of homeschooled kids, and visited some of the organized conventions and programs that involved thousands more.

If you have interacted with this many homeschoolers and never met any you thought were doing a great job, this might indicate something about homeschooling. Or, it might indicate something about you.

[kevingadd]

You can bust out lazy indirect ad-hominems all you like, but we're not talking about me here, we're talking about parents failing to educate their children, which is kind of a big deal. Your hurt feelings or personal religious faith can't really justify ruining other people's futures.

We're not talking about perfection here either; if someone decides to apply a different teaching style, or is okay with being relaxed and letting their kids take a slow approach to education, that's totally fine! I'm talking about parents utterly failing to prepare their children for college and for adult life, and I've watched that happen dozens of times. It inflicts tremendous emotional and mental harm on the kids and can destroy a decade or more of their life as they struggle to make up for it.

[mattchew]

I was talking about you, and the credibility of your views. There's lots of yelling on the internet, but most of it you shouldn't take seriously.

I do apologize to HN for helping hijack the thread.