Sure; it's great when there are focused and meaningfully engaged parents directed their childrens' learnings in a way which is intended to drive measureable edu

Sure; it's great when there are focused and meaningfully engaged parents directed their childrens' learnings in a way which is intended to drive measureable educational achievement. The problem is that many of those who choose to homeschool or 'unschool' are not looking to do anything near this; instead, they want to buck the system in a way which does not create a usefully educated human--usually in a very narrow siloed way (e.g., religion-focused).