She took a 15-year break from acting to raise their home-schooled children while traveling throughout the world.

Kids could make a leather-covered button with a volunteer s help at its last program for home-schooled children, she said.

Many parents give home-schooled children more freedom as they get older, offering help only when they need it.

He said the perception about the socialization of home-schooled children "makes me nuts."

While their numbers may be small, some home-schooled children develop a high profile.

But the school district here, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia, does not allow home-schooled children to play on its teams.

Research studies emphasize that home-schooled children are acquiring the skills, knowledge and attitudes to function in society.

It is still impossible to say how home-schooled children compare with their peers.

The parents gave most of their home-schooled children Old Testament names.

It is believed that there are 500,000 to 1 million home-schooled children in the country.