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[quote=Anonymous]Not universally.  I know several homeschoolers and they are all quite different.  For example…

In one family, the homeschooled child is highly gifted and they felt the local schools were not providing an appropriately challenging education.  Dad is a college math professor and the DD seems to be well above grade level, participates in a lot of extracurricular activities and has good social skills.  They have a younger DD with special needs and that child goes to a public school that is meeting her needs.  For them, it seems like an appropriate choice driven by the needs to the specific  child and they are managing it well.

Another family has 4 children close in age, the mom seems overwhelmed, and I doubt that the kids are staying on track.  She lives in an area with good public schools and she’s not an uber-religious/schools-are-the-devil type of person so I don’t really get her motivation.   Seems like part of it at least is a desire to be the super-do-it-all mom.  For them, it seems like a mistake that will hurt the kids.  It’s more about the needs of the mom than the kids.
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