Dottie,
In all honesty, I should say that I think you and I have *slightly* different values and attitutdes -- if we sat down and had a long talk on the subject, I think we would find that are views are pretty close together. I may have made it sound as if you and I are on different sides of the moon, and surely that is not the case!
Our main difference, as Kriston has suggested, is simply that you have, over the years worked out a situation for your kids in the public schools that you�re happy with and that I have worked out a homeschooling situation with our kids that we�re happy with.
Incidentally, there are quite a few homeschoolers (no one here, I think!) who consider me a �traitor� to homeschooling because we are signed up with a public charter school. Perhaps. (I actually sort of see their point, in fact.) But the well-being of our kids takes priority over �loyalty� to the �homeschooling movement.�
I think everyone here is really on the same side.
All the best,
Dave
