Homeschooling?

[cookderosa]

This is something I've never understood about the "schools are broken" discussion. Why do so many people seem to think that parents can no longer educate their children if those children are enrolled in public schools?

Public school enrollment does not necessarily preclude parental involvement in education nor should it mean that the kid "becomes someone else's problem." The threat of being sent to the principal's office worked on me not because I thought the principal was scary but because I knew he or she would call my mom and then I'd really be in for it!

Why is it that this debate is always framed as either/or?

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Studies have validated for years that peer groups have more influence over teens than their parents- of course those groups are in group schools. I don't want to debate this issue, because in a nutshell, we are all legally proteced to teach our children in any way we see fit.
If one system worked- we would all be on board.