Very good post. I agree with homeschooling up until an age a child is developed enough to be demonstrating good decision making skills and a strong independent nature not easily influenced by large peer groups to belong, but with the exception of the level of adulthood the parents themselves demonstrate. Sadly their are lots of parents who would do more damage to their children by homeschooling them if they are abusive, neglectful, uneducated themselves, and mentally and emotionally not mature and responsible enough to educate any children. I don't know if their are but some standards should exist to protect children who are homeschooled but at the same time our society as a whole is somewhat immature, abusive and neglectful as well and fails to enforce even a proper set of standards because of influences of money, power, social appearance, etc. Even adoption of children by the system is broken in many ways allowing problemed adults to care for children who end up growing up into more problemed adults.