Interviews with 10 adults who were home-educated as children explored their past and current lives to determine how much they may have been deprived or enabled by their experiences. Subjects reflected positively on their home education and present occupations. Many shared a sense of moral purpose and spirituality. (SM)

Examines parents who teach their children at home. While families have complex motives for home schooling, a common factor is parents' desire to maintain or further develop family unity, and to resist the effects of urbanization and modernization on the family. Suggests benefits of home/public school partnerships. (AF)