IME the implication is not a universal truth.

So? We should not just throw the baby out with the bathwater. God forbid some people get it wrong, the current education system is not exactly the shining beacon of 'good.'

If there's one thing I hate about social media especially, it's that we must skip all nuance to yell in absolutes.

"It's almost like" suggests to to me the author thinks homeschooling is the obvious and best answer, perhaps that folks are afraid to admit.

My experience has been that homeschooling has been worse than public schooling, even where parents have been professional teachers.

No doubt it can be better for some and in some areas may be the only sane choice. Some stats even indicate better academic outcomes.

Yet I've personally seen it bring a lot of strife, unreasonable expectations, and pain into the home. And the outcomes I've seen don't inspire confidence. As a group, at least where I've lived, homeschooling parents: don't give the kids a choice, do it for their own selfish reasons, produce kids without enough socializing among peers, and often indoctrinate the kids with religious 'teachings' that undermine critical thinking skills.

Oh for sure, if you're going to try and replicate 'the classroom' at home it's going to be pain. It needs some different thinking, especially around what the child does and doesn't actually need. As I said, it's not perfect, and people get it 'wrong,' but we're comparing to schools here (generalisation, there are of course very good schools and teachers around), which I don't think represents 'good' to compare to. It is a parent's prerogative if they wish to instill religious dogma and ignorance into their kids, unless we think we should enforce social conformity broader than what is created in the classroom? Schools are certainly not busy ensuring kids have strong critical thinking skills. Just look at the way universities are shutting down troubling topic debates for the mindsets arriving there.

I'm curious what does 'enough socialising' mean?