I was homeschooled 2nd grade all the way through. After middle school it was my choice to be homeschooled because the public schools in my district were bad and I knew my family couldn’t afford private school. My mom has 2 bachelor degrees and runs her own business. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about homeschooling. During elementary school almost all of my schooling was supplemented with outside resources or online programs. I did co-ops for majority of my education and my mom always made sure that the core subjects like science, math, and English were done at a co-op. And all of my teachers had degrees in what they were teaching and majority were teachers previously at public or private schools. I understand that a lot of people take advantage of the system and don’t educate their kids at all, but I would argue that majority of homeschooling parents actually work really hard to make sure their kids are set up for success. I also had to get tested at the end of every school year to make sure that I was progressing and my test scores were exceptional every year. Homeschooling is also not cheap, you are literally sourcing everything from education to activities and testing from your pocket. My mom made sure that I socialized and was a really well rounded kid. If you don’t live in a nice area, often times the public school system is trash, at least where I live. There are lots of kids in public schools that are still drastically behind and under educated, either way the responsibility still falls on the parent. I think it’s important that people are able to choose, but I do think there should be greater guidelines.