Ok, I think it’s very clear that there are a lot of children for whom HE would not be the best option bearing in mind their parents.  However, I find this is the case for more and more people as I realise how most adults view children :-(  I’ve just read a thread on a parenting forum started by a mum asking for an answer for a question her child had asked her.  THREE of the replies started with disparaging remarks about how the child ‘needed to get out more’ or ‘had nothing better to do’ because he asked a question about something he was interested in :-(  The mother just laughed (well, did a laugh smiley!) and replied that she agreed he ‘needed to get out more’ :-(  Fair enough being too tired out to answer every question fired at you by an eager to learn young child, but thinking they’re strange for asking the questions?  And joking about it?  Forget the damage done by schooling - no wonder so many children lose their interest in learning if the primary adults in their lives that sort of attitude.