I know what you’re talking about, but I don’t think the confounding factor of who and why home schooling parents choose to home school can be easily dismissed.

The simple fact that social activity needs to be fostered in a different, but not necessarily worse way, alone means a minority approach is going to cause problems, not to mention that fringe parents are likely to pass their fringe qualities on, especially when doubling down with their child’s education.

They are the ones who haven't been tricked into spending all their money on social status symbols.

Yeah totally. Instead their tricked into spending all of their money on tithing, or so socially awkward that they can't get a job to make money in the first place.

Interesting, because I think I can too, but for a positive reason. They stand out to me as the ones more immune to groupthink, and when I encounter them in public, there's something about their style or level of interest and engagement that separates them from the government-trained masses.

Yeah I more mean their literal inability to hold a conversation or dress themselves.