Editing Homeschooling (section)

===Child abuse and neglect===
Some studies suggest homeschooled children are less likely to experience [[sexual abuse]] than children in public schools, while others find no or mixed results.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Is Homeschooling? A Complete Guide to Styles, Benefits & Trends |url=https://www.modulo.app/homeschool/intro/#5-styles-of-homeschooling= |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Modulo |language=en-US}}</ref>

After the death by abuse of homeschooled [[Autism|autistic]] teen Matthew Tirado, a Connecticut study was done to investigate the prevalence of neglect and abuse among homeschooled families. It found that 38% of children withdrawn from school to be homeschooled lived in families with one or more reports of abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Families.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Office of the Child Advocate of the State of Connecticut |date=26 April 2018 |title=Examining Connecticut's Safety Net for Children Withdrawn from School for the Purpose of Homeschooling—Supplemental Investigation To OCA's December 12 2017 Report Regarding the Death of Matthew Tirado |url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/oca/ocamemohomeschooling4252018pdf.pdf |website=State of Connecticut}}</ref> In 1990, homeschool lobbyists defeated a proposed [[Florida]] law which would have required parents to be run against a [[Sex offender registry|child abuse registry]] before being allowed to homeschool their children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Michelle |date=2013-09-20 |title=The Sinister Side of Homeschooling |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sinister-side-of-homeschooling |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> In the United States, only two states, [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Arkansas]], prevent convicted child abusers and sex offenders from homeschooling.