[Fern]

In response to a related thread to homeschooling, my question is this:
Does home schooling provide a quality education?

I feel that it doesn't. I know of someone who home-schooled their son until he was about 10 years old, when he finally went to public school. But with all those years of home schooling, he didn't have many friends to chum around with, and when he did go to public school, he lacked the social skills to make new friends.

On top of that, he was actually performing behind academic standards for his grade level.

I don't think most parents have the kind of comprehensive, well-rounded knowledge that's needed to teach their children beyond more than just the early grades. I mean, when was the last time you had to do any geometry, algebra or calculus?