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Originally Posted by senior citizen

You are totally correct.

I do understand why they've all followed their own paths.

Both of ours, and their spouses, got a great education, have traveled the world, are successful in their careers and homelife. We are extremely proud of them and their children.......

It's not just our adult children, but all of our friends and neighbors kids as well.........although they respect their roots, they have chosen other paths........but in the larger scheme of things, we all can see it's all "worked out well"........

Our immigrant grandparents found solace in the old ways......
Our kids' generation were a different kind of pioneer.........
keeping what works for them, while discarding what was irrelevant.

senior - Do you not know anyone who currently home schools their children and provides them with a real life orientation to same rather than to the one that mandates how they learn and limits what they learn? My niece home schools and her son is HARDLY a carbon copy and unaware of the thinking and actions of others! Matter of fact, as a challenged individual - he is even more aware of the narrow mindedness and slings and arrows of many in our society! He says he has more compassion for those folks than he does for kids challenged as he is! Whaddya think about that for a home schooled 14 yr old?