Most parents are afraid to not use a curriculum. I would argue it's reasonable to be concerned in some states. My state doesn't track anything so we teach as it applies and the interest is there.

My first year in home schooling I used an online academy and saw that my daughter was getting worse (at math particularly) than when I just taught her on my own. I also was not a fan of the false history she was being taught. The second year we homeschooled we used a lot of "school led" teaching, going by what kids in public school are learning. It was painful and most of it was stupid. So now, we do child led learning, and I seize teachable moments. Those, truly, are the most valuable of them all because they are very applicable to our lives, demonstrated at the time that it occurs, and my kids seem to really absorb during those moments.

Thanks for the explanation. That is a terrible question. Depending on the age, I'm not sure why avoiding learning about the political parties is a meanijgless thing. I mean, it doesn't matter what party, but as a general knowledge thing to not know. I'm not even american and I can answer the question, so id think less of an American citizen who honestly didn't know.