I thought of another great reason to homeschool. The local homeschool group. 
I love my church and the people of my church, but I have found so many like-minded friends in the homeschool group. It has been so much fun to get to know a lot of the moms and their families. I love to see the teen-agers and how they interact with the younger children. I know homeschooling doesn't automatically mean one will have good, godly children, but a lot of the teenagers I see are what I want my children to be like in a few years.
This all comes after a rough day of subbing in the public school system where kids don't work, swear, use course phrases, talk incessantly after being told not to, chant "abort, abort, abort" when someone fears a pregnancy, talk of bisexualism, DISGUSTING shirts on MANY kids, teachers discussing unbelievable behavior in the teacher's lounge (a place I normally try to avoid), Obama stickers all over the place . . . *sigh* . . . yes, homeschool teens are WAY different!
I gave out report cards yesterday, which was a story in and of itself. Several of the kids were talking about a girl that was homeschooled through 8th grade, but is a senior in the public school now. They said she got all A+s. I made sure and told them it was because she had been homeschooled. 
Steve and I haven't made a decision about high school yet, and I think it will depend on each kid at that age, but man, I would want my kid to be VERY strong before I put them in that kind of situation!