I don’t understand the negative narrative around public schools and the large push to homeschool these days

I am probably a little more than “moderately” granola, but it seems whenever I find a seemingly like-minded person, whether that’s in real life or on social media, they ALL homeschool. It’s almost as if you can’t care about limiting toxins in your life AND opt to send your children to public school these days.

I will say I know we are privileged because we live in a good school district, and I realize not everyone does. But there seems to be a rising amount of parents who flat out refuse to send their children to any formal schooling at all, regardless of how highly it’s ranked. I know there are systemic issues within the public schools, but I dunno. Personally, my twin kindergartners LOVE school. Their teacher is great. They have so many specials (like PE, art, music, and library). They’ve made lots of friends. I volunteer for their garden club every Thursday. My husband and I are happy to support the public school district and have made large donations this year. Free, accessible education is so important and something that I feel we increasingly need to privilege check ourselves about here in the US.

I guess I just don’t understand this homeschool movement within the “crunchy” crowd. I won’t lie, all the negative rhetoric around formal schooling sometimes makes me feel badly for sending my kids, but I know they are thriving and they need the socialization and structure.