Oh don't get me started on this topic!
I actually started a thread about it a few years back, as it is a popular thing here in the region of Sydney we are in too!
It seems to be almost a peer pressure thing amongst all the families who want to appear to be spiritual and righteous!
I can name 5 local families doing it, and that in turn has made others who would never consider it, start to think that they too should go down that path!
It is truely reprehensible to deprive children of the social growth and interaction that school provides!
There will be a generation of emotionally stunted, self entitled, over righteous, judgemental 17 year olds (with 10 year old development levels) amongst witnesses. These children will be left floundering in the real world when they are adults!