The way it works, is not that the child “understands” the issue if they go around without talking. But they LOOK like they do, adults see this and think: “wow, this school is teaching 10 year old kids about gay rights, that is just great” without ever giving a thought to the fact that they DON’T understand it, or even worse attributing the incentive to the children (http://www.paperclipsmovie.com/).

When I was in grammar school, the September 11 attacks happened, we all had to stand up and make speeches about what happened, we where 8; I remember distinctly that just a few days earlier, we were learning about strange things called “cheques”.

When I was in middle school all had to read Ann Frank’s diary, together, at the same time and out loud.

At 8 I knew 911 was a tragedy, I didn’t understand what a tragedy was, but 911 was one.
At that age I couldn’t understand death, religion, suicide and hatred or even how airplanes worked. Tragedy was just a WORD, and I associated 911 with the word, not with it’s meaning.
This steals from the true enormity of any event. If the first time I heard about the holocaust was when could ACTUALLY understand it, the impact on my life, would have undoubtably been far greater.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is teaching people about stuff like
this, may have the OPPOSITE of the intended result,
desensitizing, changing: 911 is a tragedy, Into: 911 is a “tragedy”.

-PBnFlash

HOWEVER, the reality is that perfectly normal people home school too, regardless of theological, philosophical, or sociological beliefs.

(…and the other stereotype, of course, is that home schooled kids don’t develop social skills as well — I personally only know five people who are/were home schooled, and perhaps it’s merely coincidence, but ALL FIVE are actually MORE socially adept than anyone else I know.)

Also: not to get into a debate about education, especially since I don’t even have kids, but many would argue that home schooling typically involves more “indoctrination” than the public school system. I’m not saying that’s always the case, just that both systems have their flaws.