Ah yes, there's where the columnist goes astray.
Or so I was told by a school official when our two oldest were in public school. I had voiced a similar thought, that we sent our kids to school for education in the basics, not for therapy. That was the province of the family and our church. Or so I thought.
I was informed in condescending tones that this was an "older model" approach, and that now schools felt that "anything that affected the children in any way was their concern."
A polite version of my wife and my thought was "the heck it is," and not long after, we began homeschooling — a decision we have never, ever regretted.
To say the least. (Articles such as this increase our non-regret factor.)
Dan
We haven't either. And I'm very grateful for all the help we received here on FR (from folks like you) that helped us over the fence!