Good point, Kim.

I guess was I was trying to say with #5 was that I am going to assume that all parents--including unschooling parents!--are generally making a good faith effort to educate their kids. A few parents aren't. That's bad. See #6. And some succeed better at the actual education part than others. That's life. Some traditional schools are better than others, too.

But in the end, some kids somewhere thrive under EVERY method of education, no matter what the method. Bashing any method does a disservice to the kids who thrive under that particular educational option. That's what I don't like. I would be making the same argument if someone were arguing that public school is inherently bad and should be forbidden. It didn't work for my children, but it does work for other kids. Parents need to be able to make that choice.

More options are better than fewer.

Kriston