Interesting article at Alternet about homeschooling.

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4. A lot of homeschool parents are not fundies for sure.

One of the worst cases of educational neglect was from a non-fundie family. The poor kid was exactly as you described, very ill at ease with age peers with a fascination with guns. The parents bought him guns, but not an education. They finally ended up sending the kid to public school in middle school. Can you imagine what a terrible adjustment that had to be? My teacher friends tell me a lot of home schooled kids get sent to middle school when the kids get a little older and harder to control. Then, the public schools have to catch the poor kid back up to age level as quickly as possible or get dinged on the mandatory tests that the parents do not have to give.

The pedophiles must love the home schooled system. No one to check up on the kids ever. The abused kids get moved from school to school, county to county, then dropped out into home schooling, then maybe back into public school for awhile. I have seen this happen to several children. Ohio is so backward in making sure kids are safe. Child abuse and neglect of all kinds is quite rampant.

What are we doing to this next generation?