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Of course, even in a private school there's going to be some parent regulation over what is being learned by the child, and that's a good thing. Parents SHOULD be that invovled and children do need to learn that there are times to question even what teachers tell them.

Yes, and this is sort-of the crux of the unease I feel about home-schooling, especially home-schooling as motivated by a particular religious allegiance. Children also need to learn (in general, maybe not so much in your case) that there are times to question even what their parents tell them. The sorts of parents who don't even want their child exposed to humanism, Islam, Buddhism, atheism and so on until the child is sure in his or her Christianity, strike me as being terrified that their religion isn't good enough to win out in a free and informed decision on the child's part.

Even from a Christian point of view, which would God rather have: an adherent-by-default, or an adherent-by-choice?

Peter