Amid this coronavirus pandemic, many families have had to adapt to changing circumstances. One such change has left people particularly rattled: homeschooling.
Families previously accustomed to the routine of school and work are now being forced to explore new avenues. Some in society would have everyone believe that this nationwide change of pace is having detrimental effects on the development of children—that homeschooling is enabling child abuse and preventing children from being productive members of our democracy, to roughly paraphrase Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet.