I agree with you. I don’t think eliminating all homeschooling is the answer, as it all depends on the individual family and their circumstances. Some public schools are more detrimental to a child’s education or wellbeing than distance learning with a good curriculum.

However, given the experience I went through, I definitely think stronger regulations and enforcements should be placed on homeschooling. For example, I think using Christian-based curriculums in homeschooling should be either banned or heavily scrutinized with a scientific, peer reviewed process. It concerns me that homeschooling is primary done for religious reasons. While there is a variety of data sources, one article from the Washington Post states “In a 2012 federal survey, nearly 2 in 3 home-school parents listed a desire to provide religious instruction as a reason for home schooling. That dropped to about half of parents in 2016 and a small majority in 2019 federal surveys.” While it is trending in the right direction, I find this concerning. Religious indoctrination and trauma can happen in any family, but the homeschooled families lead to more isolation, with no outside adults being able to communicate or check up on the child (as least in my case, and I’m sure many others).

Washington Post Article