My kids are homeschooled, and there is a very big self-directed learning movement in the homeschooling community. What people outside the community often forge

My kids are homeschooled, and there is a very big self-directed learning movement in the homeschooling community. What people outside the community often forget is that kids are inherently curious, and can actually do TONS of learning on their own. Learning a language is a huge undertaking, yet every kid below the age of 3 manages to do it without any special teaching. Self-directed learning is just the extension of that, but for some reason it scares people. It's nice to see that it's gaining a little traction in "schools", even if it's still technically homeschooling.