I agree - homeschooling by parents who are able to, experienced and motivated is by far the best option. Not all parents have that ability/motivation. I think

I agree - homeschooling by parents who are able to, experienced and motivated is by far the best option. Not all parents have that ability/motivation. I think the key is to not have it get into a 7 hours of structured school plus 4 hours of structured after school extracurriculars (i.e. sports, piano or any other competitive zero sum activities etc.) where an 'adult' is telling what activities to complete. Basically in such a schedule in no part of the day has the child done any activity where they thought for themselves. Would much rather give them time in their remaining 4 hours to provide some structure on how to research an area/project for focus and create something self directed.