Even though home-schooling was considered WEIRD in the '80s and '90s, nearly all of the home-schooled children of those days received an excellent education. I think many parents were determined to do a better job than the public school would have done, and even felt a certain amount of social pressure to do so. A frequently-heard question from doubters was, "But what about socialization?" As a home-schooling parent, I got so tired of that question, I made a list of all the positive social behaviors I wanted my children to learn, and concluded none of them would be learned in a public school setting. I have been acquainted with dozens (possibly hundreds) of home schooling families over the past 40 years, and can only think of two who did a really poor job of it. And those few children overcame their initial disadvantages with time. That is still a better success rate than the public school system can claim.
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