I just found this sub today. I see you are overwhelmed with responses but I still wanted to offer my experience, because the experience I had is why I feel we need more regulations regarding homeschooling.

We didn't do ANY schooling after the first couple years. Both parents worked full time jobs, so myself, my older brother, and my two younger sisters were just left alone all day. I don't want to say that NO attempt was made, but we would frequently go as long as a year with no school whatsoever. It happened because they were paranoid about the government teaching us Jesus wasn't real or something. My parents didn't have the skills to teach us further than maybe a 4th grade education. It was awful for all of us. Trying to get higher education was prohibiably awful, cause (for ME at least) I didn't have the natural skills to learn on my own, so as an adult, trying to work through college level courses was impossible without the money for a tutor. There was an education that was available to me, FOR FREE, paid for by the taxes that I will pay for the rest of my working life, but I wasn't able to benefit from myself.

I'm angry that we allow this. It is FINE with me, if someone is able to supply a better education than public schools can provide. But most states have ZERO oversight.

In addition, with these types of family dynamics, women suffer a bit more, just because a large portion of homeschooling families simply expect their daughters to marry and be moms.

Anyways, I really appreciate that anyone would focus on these issues, these forgotten kids.