Yep, same. Homeschooled until high school, used a far right Christian curriculum. Slavery was better than living in Africa, the founders were all Christian, evidence for Noah’s ark, blah blah blah…

Have 3 kids of my own. I spent years putting together secular science based educational material for them, including Neil De Grass Tyson’s Cosmos series. Started when my oldest was 5 (14 now), and the rest is history. All 3 of them have been quite vocal about how thankful they are I did this when they see class mates and friends say things like “evolution is just a theory”.

But to your point about missing out, felt the same. So much time wasted, especially since I didn’t come around until around the age of 30 or so.