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When Linda Patchin was home-schooling her now-adult children, she was careful not to take them out in public during school hours.
Doing so could subject them to questioning and judgment. If asked, she would say her children were in private school. It was just easier than having to confront everyone’s preconceived notions about home schooling, she said.
Now, what used to be a form of fringe education is becoming more mainstream.
“Everybody knows somebody who is (or has been) home-schooled,” said Patchin, who is a board member for the nonprofit organization Homeschool Idaho. “I think it has a pretty positive perception.”
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