Editor’s response: Lia…drawbacks are far outnumbered by benefits and blessing in home schooling. I suppose some might consider having to pay school taxes and not being able to use them for support of your home school as a drawback, but we weigh the blessings. No doubt that the social experiment of public schooling, at the expense of our children, has proven to be an all-round, dismal failure. People have been trying to turn America into a socialist state for years. Most people home school, because the Bible, prayer and the ten commandments have been removed from public schools and this is against their Christian values and belief. However, over all, these same people have observed the downfall of a school system in direct parallel to the downward spiral of our society. Home schooling, over all, has by far surpassed public schools and excels in all areas of study as well as national spelling bees, national standardized testing, and more.