So right before our eyes we have seen very recently the perception shift of homeschooling, which was for decades considered even more “elite” than catholic or private schools. To 2023 where anyone who dares homeschooling is “a religious nut”, “depriving their children of a real education”, and on an on. As homeschooling became more prevalent with conservatives it became less of a “gold standard” in education to an “Alex Jones Q anon indoctrination camp”.
Semi related: this all came about because I’m watching old South Park and season 3 episode 12 showed perfectly how “homeschooling” kids were perceived, all intellectual and no social skills.
Me and all of my brothers were homeschooled, and we were part of a homeschool group of families who would do yours and activities together, so I know a number of other homeschool families. Everyone is different, but generally homeschool kids are gonna be smarter than average, and more socially awkward than average. I personally think my brothers and I were more normal because we all played multiple youth sports, so we interacted with more kids our age.
The quality of your homeschool education is gonna come down to how smart your parents are and how involved they are. Almost all of the parents who want to homeschool their kids are involved, which is good, but not all of them are smart.
On the whole though homeschooling produces better citizens and results in better education.