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It's becoming more popular than you think.
So I have to say there are a LOT of parents who SHOULD NOT homeschool their children…
Let’s not forget there are college and highschool dropouts, and people who barely passed.
I say this without judgment and not to diss those who aren’t as educated. That’s not what a person’s worth should be in. It’s just not a good idea in many cases in the sense that having me play in the NBA would be total disaster. It’s nowhere near my skill set and I have no talent for it.
I do however, having been homeschooled myself, think that it can be done correctly. There are good and bad public, private, and home schools.
Edit:fixed typo >

To be fair, though, OP did mention hiring a private homeschool teacher….although I’m sure that would carry its own expenses depending on what job the parents have. Will say though, a lot of finances has to do with budgeting rather than college degrees. And a lot of trade jobs considered to be blue collar can actually cover quite a lot if managed correctly. Hiring a private teacher wouldn’t be out of the question >

A private teacher would probably be prohibitively expensive unless you're in a rural area where the teacher is desperate.  It costs me $900 per week just for two toddlers in daycare, with 5 kids per non-teacher.  I can't imagine what an actual private teacher would be. >

All you need to do is get a bunch of children together so one person can teach them. >

And then, if you're able to rent out a couple rooms, have a couple teachers there and separate the students by age group. >

Hell, maybe if you save up enough money you can buy an entire building that could hold multiple age groups and teach different subjects with varying difficulty with plenty of different teachers teaching big groups of them.. and at some point the community may decide it's of great public benefit and they would start advocating for us to use our taxes to pay for all of it so every kid could go and we would have an at least somewhat educated public... I should get a patent for this.. forget I said anything! >

This guy gets it! >

We come to this topic based on our experiences. We were in an excellent school district with great teachers. Our high school was one of the best in the nation. My children took courses in auto cad, and entrepreneurship. One had so many AP credits, she started college as a second semester sophomore. 
So the schools taught them better than I could have. But we were a two-career family, so home schooling was never an option. Plus, the thought of me teaching calculus…
I don’t know if OP is a teenager, but wages have stayed relatively flat for decades. Most families need two incomes these days. We searched carefully for a good school district, so that’s a better option for most families than home schooling. >

I'm also from Chicago. I was a member of Chicago Public Schools. They were hot garbage. I'd rather homeschool my kids than have them experience the BS I went through. >

Yeah I don’t live in Chicago anymore. We moved to the burbs for better schools. >

What suburb did your children go to school in, if you don’t mind my asking? >

Not my kids but cousins that lived in Buffalo Grove. My cousins were always telling me how well funded the schools were. >


Not everyone has the money for a few private tutor. 2. Parents can’t just stay home to teach their kids. 3. Even if they could, there would still be huge barriers to them being able to teach their kid in a way that actually helps the kid learn. >

Shouldn’t have had kids in the first place >

Um, no. You really think a middle-class family can afford a few private tutors? >

Just be rich! What's the problem? Ask your mommy and daddy got money its what I do! /s >

As someone who's been a mandated reporter on behalf of children who show signs of abuse, homeschooling would be a far worse hell for some kids.
Public schools offer resources (food, basic health maintenance, school materials like books) that some parents either won't or can't provide. If anything, mandating public education can help bring kids out of abusive households that they would otherwise be unable to escape from.
While no institution is perfect, I think that public schools get a bad rep because they are just that, public. We'd be singing a different tune if we got phone recordings of the abuse that takes place in some homes. >

I'm from a homeschooling background and I can confirm stuff about abuse. I know several kids who committed suicide in the homeschooling community because of it >

Were you able to socialize much? If not, did it have any affects on you? >

My problem being homeschooled wasn’t the lack of socialization but the lack of variety I was forced to have either one terrible friend or none. That one terrible friend ended up turning literally everyone in my life against me and making every social event I went to a living hell. I’d walk up to my group of used-to-be friends and she would look at me and ask “Why are you here? They’re not even friends with you” (actual interaction) and I had to either stay in a group where I wasn’t wanted or do the walk of shame. 
So naturally, I became a loner with severe anxiety and depression. About a year after I did make one good friend that I’m still friends with, but when I look back at my life… I realize how truly sad it was. I don’t know if I regret being homeschooled, but I do regret staying friends with toxic people out of necessity. >

It’s sad that society is pushing more towards finding a bubble and staying it in. Can’t trust strangers or teachers or police or anyone anymore. >

The post reads like someone from a small town being scared to go into cities because some news source told them that they would be raped, murdered, etc.
I'm just adding to the above comment about people sticking to bubbles and not leaving. >

I mean, cities are significantly more dangerous than small towns. I’m not afraid of cities but I don’t go unless I absolutely have too. >

Significantly more dangerous is a bit misleading. When real chance of injury is very small in city or small towns. Also, I am not sure the risk per capita is that different, specially if you account for gang related injury (meaning things that only happen to people in a gang). >

I’m not talking about injury, that can happen anywhere. I’m taking about crime. And you can’t just write of gang violence, I grew up in San Diego and there are absolutely innocent bystanders in gang violence. Bottom line is people are dangerous and more people equals more danger. >

Yeah, but per capita? Also, my issue is with the word "significant" it is ultimately misleading,  I have a "significant" higher chance of being attacked an eaten by a bear if I move out of the city.... it is not a lie, but it is misleading.... >

It’s not misleading at all. I would be surprised if someone got killed by a Buffalo in Hawaii. I would not be surprised if it happened in Yellowstone. You are significantly more likely to get killed by Buffalo in Yellowstone. I’d be just as surprised if there’s was any kind of gang violence here or even a murder. We haven’t had a murder in 20 years. >

How many people in the town? >

I don’t know man I’m not a census taker. I know where your going with this though. I don’t know when the last murder was but there hasn’t been one since I’ve been here (20 years) like I said above, bottom line, when it comes to violent crime people are your concern. If you are where there are more people your odds go up. I don’t care about “statistically” statistically my odds of getting shot in a random act of violence is little to none here, in Detroit that goes up, significantly. >

How hard is it to look up the population of the imaginary town you've lived in for 20 fucking years. And obviously you have little to no idea about how statistics work, because that significant increase in chance of being a victim of a random act of violence is a rounding error at best >

As a child, homeschooling was used to hide neglect and abuse in our “co-op”. They got to restrict what subjects we learned about, teach their version of history, and make sure we learned home making skills, all while keeping pesky government employees from finding out about the marriages of minors, avoiding questions about “punishments”, and the lack of a legitimate diploma made leaving very difficult. >

1) You’d have to be smarter than your kids
2) you’d have to be able to stand being around kids 24/7
3) I’ve got neither of those >

It's not even about smarts. It's about having the ability to teach children and teach them well. >

Homeschooling can be good but also used for pure evil. 
How many times have abusers yanked kids out of public school and claim “homeschooling” 
More over site and requirements for parents. >

better off hiring a home school teacher ok - and we’ll just eat air? Who’s got that $$$? 
Maybe we should use our taxes for schools instead of war or tax cuts for rich people but idk, I was publicly educated…. :/ >

What if we all pool our money together and hire some teachers to teach a bunch of kids. We can even get s building for them to go to >

OMG!!!! THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME IDEA!!!  WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THIS NOW!!!! >


Yeah, your child might develop some socialization issues if you don't take them out to interact, but that's better than bullying, getting assulted, and/or being shot.

It just delays all that until adulthood. Time and time again here on Reddit, we've all seen videos of grown-up toddlers. >

Heres the problem with home schooling generally the parents have to take some level in teaching and let me be honest. The average American myself included is to stupid to teach their child a good enough education. I for example could give them a great chance in science, history, or creative writing but outside of that id be no help at all. Also most people don’t take their kids out of school in the USA for good reasons more often than not its for control reasons. I cant tell you how many homeschool horror stories I’ve heard from people i met in college. >


You're better off hiring a private homeschool teacher, imo. 

Are you rich?  That is insane.  Who can afford that?

Yeah, your child might develop some socialization 

Might?

but that's better than bullying, getting assulted, and/or being shot.

Getting shot is still pretty rare compared to other causes of death. >

Seems dishonest to include suicide deaths in that number though. Suicides are not gun violence. >

And car accidents aren’t car violence, but they’re still caused by cars. >

what? no one said anything about car violence. it was just a comparison between car accidents and gun violence and the person above you said that most are caused by suicide, which is a pretty fair reasoning. if you want to do it that way then subtract the number of suicides from the total amount of gun deaths and also subtract the number of car violence from the car deaths. much different. >

Just go to r/HomeschoolRecovery >

Fr, it's so sad. So many people who have had their futures ruined and are unable to find jobs with the lack of credentials, are isolated with no friends, possibly abused or trafficked, and are adults who have the knowledge and experience of a kid in primary school. >

The problem is a lot of parents aren't fit to teach their children. >

I find homeschooled children to be socially awkward and the levels of education vary wildly. My niece was homeschooled and I feel incredibly sorry for her. >

It’s a trope. You can just buy the curriculum. I homeschooled myself for middle school (including math) and graduated top 5% of my high school and was accepted to an Ivy League college. Teachers are often not very good at their jobs and waste a lot of time. >

Ok dude you are not average or normal. Mr. Ivy League. If you went to an Ivy you would know that. >

I didn’t end up attending there, it was too far and too expensive. But I went to one of the top 3 public universities in the country. Also I am a woman just for context. >

Just saying you obviously smarter than the average bear. Just because you did it does not mean others can. You were better than 95% of the students in your high school. >

Huge market out there for affordable private schools with transparent staff that proudly display their curriculum and are not afraid to intervene in interpersonal issues between students. >

I'm not American, but I studied at home for 2 years. They were the most boring, uninteresting, horrible years of my life. I was talking very little to other people . When I returned to school, it was very difficult for me to integrate into the collective . I wouldn't say the learning was better, nothing significant
Personally, I was never bullied (nothing serious) in school 
If I had a child, I would send 100% to school >

It's funny how people who never homeschooled or researched it deeply, have such a negative attitude toward the idea! >

It's funny how people who never public schooled or researched it deeply, have such a negative attitude toward the idea!
Just a quick google search makes every homeschooling site feel culty, pseudoscientific, and a scam. >

I couldn’t have said it better myself. These are the exact reasons I give people as to why I intent on homeschooling my kids. >

As a homeschooled kid, I'm not that unsocialized though I'm not great with guys my age since I get nervous, but I think that's a me thing and not a homeschooled thing. >

I’m 40. I remember thinking my friends and family that were going to home school their kids decade and a half ago were out of their minds…they now have teenagers taking mostly college courses and are leagues ahead of my friends and family in public schools. >

There's a right way to homeschool and a wrong way to homeschool.

You can order homeschool curriculums that contain all the materials kids need to be up to national education standards. You can put them through the standard testing normal kids take and try to coach them for kid scores. And you can purchase them higher level books about particular subjects they're interested in.

Or you can do the "I'll teach them myself" quack style learning. The kind you see in Facebook mom groups where the 9 year old doesn't know how to read yet. 

There's not much wrong with the first if you can find ways to supplement their social life. But the latter is child abuse. >

Speaking as a fellow homeschooler who absolutely loved being homeschooled - There is major privilege that comes with being able to do this. 
Most homes are dual income, the world doesn't enable people to stay home very easily. Even hiring a private teacher could be expensive! If you are capable though, then I think it's a cool idea :) 
The social issue can be resolved if the parents care about it. This means driving your kids to their friends' homes, not being a helicopter, meeting people of all religions (or lack of), teaching them to meet people on their own and is an opportunity to even go beyond what school offers. Take them to the food bank, the homeless shelter, they should see reality and learn from it. >

This this this this this and this >

My third cousin, who I am very good friends with was homeschooled his entire life, and I’m honestly jealous. Public K through 12 sucked. >

Considering that 54% of American adults read at a 6th grade reading level, l don't think most people are qualified to homeschool their children even if they wanted to.
Also, homeschooling lacks a lot of oversight. There are no mandated reporters, so in the event of abuse in the home, what resources would children have access to to get help? How could we ensure that everyone is following the same curriculum and ensure the curriculum is being taught to a specific standard? >


How could we ensure that everyone is following the same curriculum and ensure the curriculum is being taught to a specific standard?

That is the worst possible approach to homeschooling. Public school curricula are garbage. Public school graduates are incompetent, ignorant, and 17% are functionally illiterate. That is what homeschoolers are getting away from and why they have massively superior results. >

You're assuming that I believe that there are no improvements to be made in public school curriculums or education infrastructure overall.
Just because there are problems with public schooling does not mean that homeschooling is a defacto better option. >

My kid is homeschooled and I’m a public school teacher. >

These are the only people I trust to actually educate their children at home >

The American school system has been slowly decaying for decades now and the negative stigma of questioning them  is so stupid.
Schools will let the children be harmed or even killed rather then admit fault and this isn't a case of "a few bad apples" this is standard for most public and private schools. >

The negative stigma of funding them is even worse. Don't forget the GOP puts forth candidates that literally want to abolish the department of education. >

As an educator I can tell you with absolute certainty, online schooling doesn't provide an equivalent level of education as in person. 
A top performer can do well. Others skate by. I'm seeing the aftermath from Covid schooling. It's not looking good. >

Covid home schoolers and true home schoolers are two different people. Covid home schoolers say their kids in front of a computer for 8 hours, argued with them to stay on task because not so shockingly, they were bored of their minds.
Online homeschooling only works if you work with your kid, and if it's only part of your curriculum. >

Guess my teaching degree was a waste of time then >

We always hear the argument homeschooled kids lack social skills. 
Yet we have a fk load of young people today, who claim to be introverted, suffer from anxiety, or some other social ailment, and most of these kids when to public schools... >

Thank you! This is me and everyone I no and I went to school all it did was break me down… I no others have better experiences but not me. >


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As someone homeschooled until high school--find a community of people who are also homeschooling their kids.  The socialization issues can be for real and if you're isolating your kid they're gonna feel isolated.  
Where I grew up there was sort of a community of homeschoolers, where there was weekly classes, weekly sports, etc.  But some of the kids I met there were really troubled, probably mostly from autism or something, but also from their parents being totally crazy and sheltering them to an insane degree.  
Public school isn't the best place for kids, but they've gotta get out of the house sometime early on, its really important.  I saw a lot of parents who projected their insecurities onto their kids and ultimately made them suffer for it. >

To be fair, you wanting to homeschool your child will probably provide better education than what your politicians want your child to have. >

The US is at it again >

I'd love to meet the planet these people live on where the country is filled with single income households. >

Propaganda. >

Homeschooling does also come with serious issues. at least one parent has to be available often, it costs money to get factual quality education material, and the parent homeschooling needs to have at least a basic knowledge of what they're teaching. >

The best part of online school is that in 4 years of having one of our kids enrolled we have not had one single fundraiser! :) >

Homeschooling seems like a great idea, until you remember something like 60% of American's function academically at the level of a sixth grader...
Blind leading the blind never ends well >


60% of American's function academically at the level of a sixth grader...

All educated at home then?
Wait a minute... >

Wanting homeschooling isn’t really unpopular these days. I know they used to try painting homeschooled children as weird but public education is mostly subpar in America. >

Public schools are essentially really cheap/nearly-free daycares. Not every parent has the ability to jump from paying (nearly) nothing in a year to paying for private tutors and other shit. And having a parent stay home with the child. 
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That said, ideally we'd have public schools that aren't unsafe breeding grounds of ideological indoctrination and all, but it seems like nobody wants to actually stand up to fight towards that end. So this is what we got now. >

I taught a group of kids during the pandemic. It was challenging but fun. We have fond memories. Unfortunately people aren’t in need of that as they preferred to go back to public school. Luckily for us my sons school is pretty good. So I don’t homeschool but I would if it were terrible. >

There is so much opportunity for public education to be exceptional in this country. God I wish capitalism didn’t touch education and we could all be smart together. >

Absolutely. Our eduction system is terrible. They always say they want to help, but they only make things worse for kids, especially in terms of self-esteem. I could go on and on about the rampant ableism and brainwashing that is going on in our school system. >

It's very privileged to assume all  parents can afford to have one of them quit to stay home with the child, have a village that can watch the child for them, are able to pay for private instruction like you suggest or are able to help their child with the material if the kids can't figure it out themselves or the online teachers don't get back to them quickly.  Then you have the issues of will homeschool be used to cover up neglect, abuse or just plain learning not actually going on due to neglectful parenting. All of which are issues that already happen with homeschool. Parents and kids were very much struggling with homeschool/online school during lockdown. It's not for everyone. >

Or, even more unpopular opinion, let’s force American law makers to fund and modernize our failing school systems. >

I think you spend too much time online and watching media that gets paid to scare you. >

FFS this post reeks of privilege. >

Sheltering your child doesn’t do as much good as u think. Your chances of something genuinely bad happening are pretty low. But your kid do what u want >

Not sending your kid to public school is the opposite of sheltering them. The opportunities for education are endless in the real world. School is not the only opportunity for a kid to be social, too. >

Private school is fine. The odds they are social are much lower >

And expensive >

And hiring a teacher to come to ur home isn’t? >

Who said anything about hiring a teacher? >

OP… literally said to hire a private teacher to come in? >

I'd home school kids, if I could pool it with a few other reasonable parents and if I had the time to make sure it was done right. The US public schools system, from the outside, looks to be fucking nuts: terrible academic attainment, bullshit ideology, teachers afraid to take charge, violence etc.
Mind you, I'm judging this on what I see in the media, which is kind of prone to highlighting edge cases.  I'm sure there are loads and loads of perfect sensible public schools with good discipline, good academics and a common sense ethos >

Thank you for recognizing that you're seeing the edge cases. Because you're exactly right, most public schools aren't great but they're getting the job done and not harming kids. Just the same as everywhere else. >


most public schools aren't great but they're getting the job done

If by that you mean "our PISA scores arent worsening at the same level the UK is" then yes, thats true.
If you mean "our average scores havent lowered every year since PISA scores started being tracked", then no, they have.
Schools in the US are, as a whole, getting worse year-over-year by every single metric used to track them in comparison to prior generations.  We are graduating more and more kids who are functionally illiterate and struggle with basic math, but yay they graduated so its all good i guess. >

My highschool went into lockdown last week due to a gun threat, its so fucking gross that that happened. The kid who was suspected was only 13. Ruined his whole career over a "joke". I wish that his parents cared more, because according to a few people his parents didn't care. America is crazy. You can't trust any schools here at this point.. >

At what point in typing that out did you figure the school was the problem in that scenario >

I was homeschooled from 1st-6th grade and was largely isolated. I wouldn’t recommend it. It made me VERY shy for a long time. I still struggle with it >

I was homeschooled from kindergarten to 5th grade. I'm still very awkward with people. >

The people who say this are usually ultra-controlling parents who don't want their kids to be influenced by any other POV than their own. >

We pulled my middle school daughter out of brick and mortar after 4 weeks. She’s a diabetic and the school was not interested in keeping her safe At ALL. One time ending up in a locker room with her sugar at 42….alone and disoriented…was enough for me. 
Modern public schools are largely shit. Their curriculum is shit. The way they structure the day is shit. After elementary school, I find it downright detrimental. The only reason my high schooler is staying in is because she wants to be around her friends. The education she is receiving is subpar at best. 
Conversely, my middle school kid does virtual school now and is thriving. My only hangup is the social aspect, but there are groups and activities you can get involved in. 
I agree with you. Too bad it’s almost impossible for all families to do this, because everyone has to work. >

99% of people are not even close to capable of being a teacher to their kids >

I can say the same for public school teachers >

The shite school system is  deliberate for some people/politicians. Betsy DeVos was pushing for private schools and to shake down parents for money. Schools can be made safer, teachers can be better equipped to teach, and students can be fed. 
Theres active political attacks to make schools as bad as possible to line the pockets of those who run private facilities. 
It'll be a future where ONLY the wealthy are educated to ANY degree and everyone else just needs to know how to press a button or flip a burger. >

I'm a teacher and I agree with a good amount of what you are saying.  There is a lot to fix in our public schools, but there's also a lot of good going on too.  I work in schools that I would not send my own kids to, but I'm trying to make 'em better!
That being said, keep in mind that you are only hearing the bad news.  There are no news stories about schools that are handling bulling issues well or schools that don't have any fights.  Negativity and panic sell and it skews our perception. >

I’m not sure how unpopular this is… it’s super common if you’re in the homeschool community. I’d never send my kids to school now. I’m a former teacher and made my exit. I know the headspace of teachers, and the bullshit rigid curriculums offered. I’m doing it my way. >

Ah yes, being homeschooled is super common in the homeschooling community, what a gem of knowledge I have gained today >

My point was when you realize there’s a community of people that do it. Within your own town. >

Teachers are quitting in droves.  The administrators don't care about the teachers' or children's safety or welfare.  The school system in this country is broken.  Get rid of the current system and privatize. >

Other than the concerns about socialization and cost (I have friends who home school so I hear the good/bad/ugly...)...I can't blame parents nowadays terrified to send their kids to school with the risks of guns.  The day my 4 year old had an active shooter drill, let's just say it gave me extreme pause. I choose to send my kids to public school but I can imagine a number of scenarios that would make me change my tune. >

Former teacher, and also former homeschooled kid (was homeschooled during junior high) here. Public schools are like this because of years of defunding and attacks from the right, as well as unwillingness to improve gun laws. Conservatives want a voucher system so they can more easily teach Abeka to kids and indoctrinate them into Christian Nationalism. To do that they have to fuck over and demonize public schools through media attacks, campaigns against levies, and refusing funding increases that allow for reduced class sizes and better resources for teachers and kids. >

There are definitely cases of sexual assault being covered up (Lauden county) 
I’m more worried about the political agenda >

Unfortunately the public school system is not looking great atm. Staff is demoralized and students are running wild. Hopefully things will turn around. >

I can somewhat agree, my school sent an email wanting kids to go, but if you know anything sickness travels. >

As a human it’s crazy to have children at all.  Especially these days and times >

I come from a family of teachers including being a former 5th generation teacher, and can assure you that there are degrees of Hell and homeschooling would definitely be at the top of my list. Good luck to those who undertake such a momentous endeavor. >

And everyone bitched when they had to keep their children home during Covid >

I have a better UO: school choice policies solve this issue without affecting public schools. >

If you had a kid in an area where home schooling would be preferable, I doubt you gave a fuck in the first place tbh. >

You want me to work a full time job and also do my own child care and education? >

you (presumably) stayed at home taking care of it all day everyday when it was a baby, why not teach it for only a couple hours a day? >

My wfh schedule changes to 6pm-10pm in April and I can’t tell you how many times this year I’ve thought about pulling my daughter out as soon as that happens so that I can homeschool her. >

Schools vary WIDELY from location to location so I think it really depends on where you are and your district.  Also charter and private schools are other options for some people (obviously). >

I had a buddy that works at a Prison to help prisoners get their GED, before that he worked with troubled kids, the kind that gets in a lot of fights and just causes problems. He said it was safer working in the prison because he was actually allowed to defend himself. >

Homeschool parents are, at best, overconfident in their abilities. It's a great way to abuse your kid out of sight of authorities too. >

I remember when I was young, after Columbine, I was fucking terrified about going to school. >

This is… really unpopular I guess? >

Isn’t homeschooling and private schooling kind of the whole reason public schools are going down the drain? Somehow the private schools are hoovering up all the funding that should be going to public schools? And it just kind of created a cycle? I really know nothing but I have watched all the public schools around here go basically down the shitter while seeing private schools pop up all over the place. >

teachers are forced and or are willingly teaching kids about satanism, its ok to be gay cuz western civilization said so, cuz apparently, theyre the standard for the world lol. they can tell my child that im abusing them if i say they are one of the only two genders that they are. yeah no. im not having kids cuz of this fucked up world. even if i did have one. he or she is getting home schooled. >

Those problems aren’t recent or new. They’ve been going on for a loooong time. If anything we’re more aware of them now. >

Hire a private homeschool teacher? Must be nice having that kind of money. >

We started homeschooling in 2020. It isn't at all what I thought it would be. With all of the craziness going on we felt it was better to keep our kids home. They ended up liking it better than public school anyway and they have good grades. There are programs that teach your child and you help when they are struggling with something. There are companies where they can take short classes online with other students. There are co ops that do field trips and school dances. It is very different from the picture of homeschooling that I had in my head. >

Can you give greater details on how you achieve this? >

Go back to roots,its not just America, it's not just now, school is just a fancy system, nothing special. before you could learn anything from books but it was not accessible easily. but now you have the internet, school, college are obsolete, just waste of time, employers need to stop lookin at degree and focus more on skills. >

Not all parents should teach their kids and it shouldn't be forced upon them. There should still be a public school for kids who's parents are on the absent side. If more people homeschool their kids, the funding schools get would go a lot further. It would also reduce class size, kids>teacher ratio would give kids better attention, better food, school services such as counseling and career counseling. >

Honestly agree. 
Hear me out, I teach in my free time. I make it a point to always give individual care to my students and ask what their interests are. 
School in the US operates like a factory line. I remember literally having 30 kids in a classroom. There is NO WAY you can give individualized attention. 
I teach my students more in 2 hours a week than the school system does in 40 and it's not because I'm a god at teaching. It's because they're interested and I actually care. Teachers getting paid barely minimum wage aren't willing or able to put that kind of commitment to 30 kids. >

I've worked with homeschoolers for years and yeah there are some families that are crud but I think some are crud in public school too. Are these kids going to turn out any worse because they were home versus public? I honestly don't think so. >

I started home schooling my daughter after kids in her kindergarten class were disruptive. She's already doing multiplication, reading, and writing and doing basic coding through an o line program. Plus, she gets to choose additional topics that she is interested in. 
I plan to get her into martial arts this summer for the social piece of her education. >

So many people think kids go to school to learn. Yes that is one facet but school teaches kids to work with others, face adversity, problem solve, and so much more that isn’t show cased. 
I’m sure your child will be smarter than average being home schooled. However the social building and communication skills you are robbing your child of is almost always not worth the trade off. 
School IMO is learning how to work with others first, and education second. 
As a software developer team lead. I can assure everyone here, I will hire the personable person over the experience person every single time. 
If they can’t work with others they are useless to me. >

This is a sad post for me. We live in rural Texas and the schools my kids are able to attend have numerous issues. We opted to do secular (non-religious) schooling online and in books. We travel, take day trips to museums, arboretums, etc all the time. My kids started out in public school and we switched when they were in and out due to Covid. Our days take about 1-3 hours depending on the topic and if we come across hardships (maybe someone is having an issue with their math, etc). We also joined a co-op and homeschool gym class once a week. I guess my kids are a little more sheltered in some ways but they have experienced so much more in other ways. >

Not all parents are qualified to teach to their kids >

You understand that a hand full of stories in a country of 350 million doesn't mean every school is like that, right? >

If I had kid and had to homeschool them I would be the one bringing gun.
You probably would have to be like 1% of population that both can spend everyday teaching your kid (not being able to work), not go crazy while doing it AND be good at it/ have enough knowledge.
Past like 10 years my kid would be bringing the gun. Imagine spending your teens at your home, learning with your mum & dad instead of with your peers. Always being watched by your parents. >

Homeschooling gets a bad rap, but it really depends on how seriously your parents take it. I know a family that homeschooled their kids. 1 is an actuary, 1 is an aerospace engineer, and the 3rd is a veterinarian. All went to amazing universities. >

As a non-american I used to think homeschooling was extremely close to psychological abuse. Not saying it is, but also I don't have a better word for it.
Never thought about it like this though. That homeschooling is the safe and best environment for kids is crazy. >

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion. >

It is on reddit >

Unfortunately, much (if not most) of Reddit does not mind shilling for leftist (“public”) education. If they were honest about the fact that they adhere to the political religion of Leftism and want everyone to adhere to Leftism, then interacting with them would be easier. >

I don’t want kids but if I did I’d go the hippie route and home school them >

I'd go full mountain man if not for my kids.. I sacrifice my desire to allow them to live in society 🤣 >

Mountain kids are worth it too, chase down squirrels for dinner >

My favorite meat is squirrel so if I could kick the kids outside to catch them for me that'd be so much easier. >

This is not unpopular.  SO many parents feel this way. If both have to work though it's next to impossible. TEACHERS HAVE BEGAN TO BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD NEEDS BETTER THAN YOU DO. Some sort of God complex has come over them >

Yeah I wanna homeschool my future kids but I don’t want to be the teacher. I would prefer someone to tutor them so they’ll receive an excellent education because there’s no way I can teach anyone math >

You just buy the curriculum. I homeschooled myself throughout middle school using a curriculum. Ended up graduating high school in top 5% and was accepted to an Ivy League college. You don’t have to be a math expert yourself.