Josh31, Cindy is not homeschooling her kids. She is a stay-at-home mom, but she doesn’t homeschool. Maybe you were confused by this passage:
“Cindy, of course, and her troubles, are hypothetical. Our country still extends a generous safety net to its neediest citizens, and the mortgage interest deduction is alive and well. Children are not forced into any educational program and can even be home-schooled.”
This was referring to the “junior civil service program” forced upon Cindy’s kids, which is clearly extracurricular. There was no indication that she homeschooled them.