It is not just kids who have never been to a public school who are swelling the growing ranks of home schooled kids, it is growing so fast because parents are removing them from public and home schooling them for the first time, so your analogy is not quite right.
My kids are not taught mistrust. They are free to see everything on my computer as I see it on theirs, they can pick up the phone and listen in if they want to unless it is something the other party does not want known like a sickness in their family. My kids know for a fact that I don't go anywhere where they can't go, just like they can't go anywhere I can't go.
I respect them and they respect us. I live under the same rules as they do. Yes I hear you asking about martial sexual relations. It is possible to have privacy, but that is private.
My kids probably meet more new people in their own age group per week than the average child, they also have strong and lasting friendships. We go to lots of functions with like minded families.
We live as a family, under family rules, and there is none of this us vs them that so many families deal with.
edit: Sorry to all, I didn't realize how far off topic this has gotten. Any new posts from me in the thread will be on topic.
