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Lori Beth Auldridge discusses the misconceptions and criticisms surrounding homeschooling as expressed by podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan.

The What Well, in recent days, podcaster Jennifer Welch and her co-host, Angie Sullivan, shared their colorful thoughtson homeschooling after a caller expressed frustration that stupid people she went to school with were choosing to homeschool their children. What followed wasn't simply a disagreement with homeschooling. It was a stream of insults. Homeschooling wascalled "the worst, worst, worst." Christian parents were portrayed as people who fear critical thinking. Homeschooling was described as selfish, andraising children with a Christian worldview was likened to child abuse. Parents were called "dumbasses," plenty of f-bombs were dropped, and the following day Jennifer doubled down on her view of homeschooling. What struck me wasn't simply that they disagreed with homeschooling. People are free to have different opinionsand make different educational choices for their families. What struck me was the confidence with which they spoke about a community they seemed to know very little about. Their comments reflected a picture of homeschooling that simply doesn't resemble what modern homeschooling lookslike in America today. And judging by the response…

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