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| They're both extremely well rounded adults now and didn't go through the agonies of public schooling. That is just your opinion and bias. I can share my opin

| They're both extremely well rounded adults now and didn't go through the agonies of public schooling. That is just your opinion and bias. I can share my opinion and bias. My kids go to public schools and love it. We'd never even think about home schooling. Not that everything is perfect, but as long as they are happy, we're happy.

fighterpilot 5y ago
You know there's a sizeable minority of kids that are subjected to chronic torment and bullying in public (or private) schools, which effectively amounts to psychological torture? The teachers simply don't care, or most often don't even know about it. Homeschoolding is a much better option for these particular kids. Your kids are probably fortunate or socially skilled enough to be outside of that group.
- tinyhouse 5y ago
  I'm not arguing with that and I totally understand. My comment was about "through the agonies of public schooling", generalizing about public schooling because their experience was not positive.
  - geocrasher 5y ago
    Right. Well it wasn't positive for my kids! And I'm not biased. My son and daughter are just as imperfect as they'd have been if we'd put them through school. We did however save them from needlessly experiencing the problems they were already having. So it's subjective. But isn't everything?
- halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
  Source on sizable minority? Also the greater world, outside of school, provides just as much torture and hardship as there is within our schools. I’m not condoning bullying or normalizing being bullied (I was) but there’s something to be said about learning how horrible people can be to prepare for the real world, where they are even more horrible.
  - fighterpilot 5y ago
    The source is my observations and experience. The same kid gets picked on day in and day out. All the torment is directed at the bottom 5 percent of the social ladder. Nonstop. I don't believe the adult world provides as much torture. Aside from workplace backstabbing, people are much nicer as adults, even if it's all for show. And as an adult you can more easily remove yourself from relationships and surroundings that aren't working. Kids are more prone to social cruelty and you're mostly stuck in your environment without the ability to opt-out.
- rufus_foreman 5y ago
  >> there's a sizeable minority of kids that are subjected to chronic torment and bullying in public (or private) schools There's a group of people who were bullied at school, it's called "everyone". There are support groups for this, they meet every single day of the week at your local bar.

fighterpilot 5y ago

You know there's a sizeable minority of kids that are subjected to chronic torment and bullying in public (or private) schools, which effectively amounts to psychological torture? The teachers simply don't care, or most often don't even know about it. Homeschoolding is a much better option for these particular kids. Your kids are probably fortunate or socially skilled enough to be outside of that group.

tinyhouse 5y ago
I'm not arguing with that and I totally understand. My comment was about "through the agonies of public schooling", generalizing about public schooling because their experience was not positive.
- geocrasher 5y ago
  Right. Well it wasn't positive for my kids! And I'm not biased. My son and daughter are just as imperfect as they'd have been if we'd put them through school. We did however save them from needlessly experiencing the problems they were already having. So it's subjective. But isn't everything?
halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
Source on sizable minority? Also the greater world, outside of school, provides just as much torture and hardship as there is within our schools. I’m not condoning bullying or normalizing being bullied (I was) but there’s something to be said about learning how horrible people can be to prepare for the real world, where they are even more horrible.
- fighterpilot 5y ago
  The source is my observations and experience. The same kid gets picked on day in and day out. All the torment is directed at the bottom 5 percent of the social ladder. Nonstop. I don't believe the adult world provides as much torture. Aside from workplace backstabbing, people are much nicer as adults, even if it's all for show. And as an adult you can more easily remove yourself from relationships and surroundings that aren't working. Kids are more prone to social cruelty and you're mostly stuck in your environment without the ability to opt-out.
rufus_foreman 5y ago
>> there's a sizeable minority of kids that are subjected to chronic torment and bullying in public (or private) schools There's a group of people who were bullied at school, it's called "everyone". There are support groups for this, they meet every single day of the week at your local bar.