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First off, parents are the first teachers in the lives of our children. We've "taught" them to talk, walk and interact with society. College admission records show homeschooling and unschooling families have "taught" our children well enough to satisfy college standards. I'd have to say our kids have successfully learned "interpersonal skills, flexibility from dealing with different personalities and an ability to know how to jump through hoops"
As an educator you must have come across at least one article on how well our kids are doing out in society. Our kids are certainly no worse than public school educated children in terms of "making it" in our society.
I believe in the 2004 Harpers magazine, a survey was quoted as saying "Chance that an American adult believes that 'politics and government are too complicated to understand': 1 in 3
Chance that an American who was home-schooled feels this way: 1 in 25"
Sorry ladyz51 nothing shows homeschooling is detrimental at all to society and we pay for a service we have no interst in participating in. Hmmmm, I'd say society is gaining.

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