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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by Jensson on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:19PM (#38092203)
You missed the last line I wrote, I never said there weren't other forms of indoctrination:

> There is still school etc, but removing religious indoctrination doesn't add anything else, its just less indoctrination overall.

I should probably have clarified it in the first bit that I meant that the kids weren't told anything about religion, not that the kids aren't told anything at all. My point is that there is no indoctrination required to raise a kid without religion, it is the natural state. I and most people I grew up with were raised that way, religion was stories we read about in school, not some magical thing.

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by lolinder on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:26PM (#38092264)
I didn't miss it, I disagree with the idea that it's less indoctrination overall: it's just more homogenous indoctrination. A kid who gets taught religion at home and secular values at school is less indoctrinated than a kid who gets secular values in both places.
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by Jensson on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:30PM (#38092284)
What are "secular values"? Do you mean that things like "you shouldn't hurt others" are secular values? Otherwise I don't understand.

If that is what you mean then I'm pretty sure that even religious homes teaches secular values.

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:51PM (#38094078)
In some areas, secular values are ‘whatever you think about yourself is true’ or ‘you do you’ relativism (apathy).