Totally agree. While some parents who homeschool do so for the wrong reasons, homeschooling if done right can actually have many advantages over traditional school. I was homeschooled until Year 5 and it actually accelerated my learning. My mother taught me to read at age 4, and my dad, who is a doctor, taught me and my 2 brothers maths, science, history and art. We only studied or did “lessons” for 3 hours a day, the rest of the day was spent in creative play (craft, writing stories, art, playing pretend), watching science and nature documentaries, playing outside or reading. Every few weeks we would make an “excursion” to a museum, art gallery, aquarium or zoo. It instilled me with a lifelong joy in learning. I never learned that “school is boring” as many students at typical school seem to believe, because for me school wasn’t boring, it was fascinating. When I finished homeschooling, I was actually significantly ahead of the rest of my peers my age, and went to a selective school high school, graduating in the top 1.3% of my state.

Homeschool to me was the greatest gift. I want to give it to my own kids. The biggest thing it did for me was give me a perspective on learning being fun and enjoyable, that has lasted my whole life.

Of course, it really depends on why people homeschool their kids and whether they are good teachers, but there are bad teachers at public schools too. And great homeschooling parents.