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In Québec, recently there was a story of Hasidik jews homeschooling their children.

They used home schooling because they didn't want their kids to mingle with us heathens...

By law they are supposed to teach the kids a certain curriculum. But it turns out that they didn't teach the kids the material but thought them religious teachings instead.

Now they are adults and came out against their treatment and find themselves to be lacking in a lot of basic tools needed to live in modern civilized society.

As others mentionned. Homeschooling can isolate kids and exposé them to abuse and or neglect with no one to see it and denounce it like a teacher or another figure of autority.

Without strict guidelines and external supervision. Homeschooling can be a dangerous thing with the wrong people.



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