Yeah a fair amount of people thought we were weird when we told them we planned to home school our son from the very beginning when my wife got pregnant. I’ve heard the same crap, socialization, weirdness, all kinds of stupid shit to try to get you to destroy your kid and make them conform to the system. Our son has such a beautiful and vibrant imagination it would be a disaster to send him to boot camp that is the American school system model. We want to send him to a Waldorf school for a year or two to help him get exposure to others teaching him besides us but after that we plan on finishing his education at home where he belongs with us so we can teach him the many wonderful things. Showing him stuff lately I realize how utterly lacking the system is at doing some basic things that are right around you! I never learned the plants, trees and animals that live in our area. I’m learning it now because that’s actually useful stuff to know instead of the sham story that is the dinosaurs.