@wulfhart @mike

>The biggest obstacle to homeschooling is that both parents have to work outside the home.

This is only an issue if you let it be an issue. If you want to homeschool bad enough, you'll find a way, including working split shifts, sharing homeschooling duties with other families, or changing your living conditions such that we celebrate multigenerational households, just to name a few.

The primary reason public schools were invited was so that capitalists could increase their workforce by removing some time constraints from parents, and many parents still prefer such. I know many people honestly believe they don't have a choice, but really its just that other things, living on your own, living in a city you like, etc. are more valuable to them. This is even more so when your kids are matured enough that they don't need constat supervision. Though some people would call that kind of education unschooling rather than homeschooling. I think there is value in distinguishing such among those who choose to keep their kids out of government schools, but it is way too confusing and often enraging to the general public