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Regarding the reports that the older teens wanted to attend public school.
I'm going to throw this out. The desire to attend public school may not be related to a rejection of the family religious values, or even a rejection of homeschooling all together.
It's remotely possible that the older teens wanted to take specific classes to prepare them for college, that perhaps were not taught or provided by the parents in their homeschool curriculum. The older son is apparently enrolled in college, and we don't know if he is estranged from his parents, or if they approved and encouraged him going to college. Some fundamentalist evangelical homeschool families do not encourage or approve of college education. It could be that in talking with their brother, they wanted to be educationally prepared differently so that they could have a better chance of being accepted to college to study their desired field.
I say all this, because we know a number of homeschool families from our local area, who participate in some performing arts activities with my kids. One of the teen girls wanted to become a doctor or nurse, or go into the medical field in some area, but her family was not supportive. Their vision for her was to become a wife and mother, and work or help out in one of the extended-family businesses. They wanted her to do online college, if she wanted to continue her education. She was quite conflicted-- didn't want to disrespect her parents, but didn't completely want the lifestyle they envisioned for her. She didn't reject their religious beliefs, but still viewed opposing them, even as an adult, as disobedience/ disrespect. She had a lot of guilt about even thinking about opposing their vision for her life. It was a very sad and tough spot for her to be in, IMO-- and hard to stay neutral when listening and answering her questions. I often wonder what she chose to do.
I'm going to throw this out. The desire to attend public school may not be related to a rejection of the family religious values, or even a rejection of homeschooling all together.
It's remotely possible that the older teens wanted to take specific classes to prepare them for college, that perhaps were not taught or provided by the parents in their homeschool curriculum. The older son is apparently enrolled in college, and we don't know if he is estranged from his parents, or if they approved and encouraged him going to college. Some fundamentalist evangelical homeschool families do not encourage or approve of college education. It could be that in talking with their brother, they wanted to be educationally prepared differently so that they could have a better chance of being accepted to college to study their desired field.
I say all this, because we know a number of homeschool families from our local area, who participate in some performing arts activities with my kids. One of the teen girls wanted to become a doctor or nurse, or go into the medical field in some area, but her family was not supportive. Their vision for her was to become a wife and mother, and work or help out in one of the extended-family businesses. They wanted her to do online college, if she wanted to continue her education. She was quite conflicted-- didn't want to disrespect her parents, but didn't completely want the lifestyle they envisioned for her. She didn't reject their religious beliefs, but still viewed opposing them, even as an adult, as disobedience/ disrespect. She had a lot of guilt about even thinking about opposing their vision for her life. It was a very sad and tough spot for her to be in, IMO-- and hard to stay neutral when listening and answering her questions. I often wonder what she chose to do.