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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': It's hinted in the movie, and confirmed by supplementary materials and the {{novelization}}, that [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]] has been educated mainly by her mother and Monarch field tutors in the years leading up to the movie whilst traveling the world as part of her mother's work.

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? Are the parents from some radical political fringe (either far-left hippies on a {{commune}} who mistrust [[BlamingTheMan The Man]], or members of the alt-right)? Are they fundamentalist religious types in FlyoverCountry who want a Christian education? Are they from a brainwashed cult? And that most offensive of questions: do they have social lives and friends?

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? Are the parents from some radical political fringe (either far-left hippies on a {{commune}} who mistrust [[BlamingTheMan The Man]], or or alt-right types? Are they fundamentalist religious types in FlyoverCountry who want a Christian education? Are they from a brainwashed cult? And that most offensive of questions: do they have social lives and friends?

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', a kid named Fregley is put in home schooling after first grade. He expresses himself in odd ways, has no concept of societal norms, and despite being very smart he cannot cope with a school environment. Every once in a while he gets taken to school functions and creeps the other kids out.Every once in a while he gets taken to school functions and creeps the other kids out.

* In the above-mentioned episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Lola's siblings get jealous of her being homeschooled, noting how the rest of them have busy schedules too but still go to a regular school--they convince their parents to let them be homeschooled like Lola is, but Lincoln and the rest of his sisters discover that being homeschooled isn't really what they imagined it to be[[note]]1.) While they may have more free time on their hands they still have to do actual schoolwork, 2.) Lola points out that they have to go back to attending regular school if they fail the weekly test on Friday and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny 3.) Lincoln and his sisters (minus Lola) are unable to get any work done without getting distracted.]][[/note]]. They end up going to Lola for help on their weekly test, but this costs her the sleep she needs and she ends up failing her test (while all of her siblings pass), forcing her to go back to regular school as punishment. But in the end, feeling guilty about what happened, Lincoln and the rest of his sisters (after explaining to their parents about what caused Lola to fail her test) go back to attending regular school while Lola can continue being homeschooled without getting distracted by the rest of them.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', Wakeman tries to homeschool Jenny. Jenny goes with it, thinking she won't have to do any work, but it turns out that Wakeman has a classroom set up for her and she has even more work to do as usual. She ends up missing her friends and ultimately goes back to Tremorton High.

* Tucker from ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'' is homeschooled after being forced to take the blame for his twin brother's sextape.

* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim Drake's best (civilian) friend Ives started being home schooled since he picked up lime disease and was also incredibly bored and unchallenged with the curriculum at the public school he had been attending. When his mother forces him to take an equivalency exam to re-enter the Gotham public school system he doesn't miss a single question and notes how ridiculously easy it is.

* Most ''The Sentinel'' fanfiction has Blair homeschooled before entering Rainier University (a thinly-disguised University of Washington) at sixteen.

* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', Franchise/HarryPotter had to be homeschooled through his pre-Hogwarts for being unable to stay awake during regular classes.

* ''Fanfic/OneMoreTimeOneMoreChance'' discusses this. Compared to Ryuuko being bullied, getting into fights, and dealing with terrible staff, Satsuki considers this as a better alternative. Confirmed in chapter 12, where Ryuuko gets tutor. However, this is meant to be temporary, as Satsuki intends to send her to regular school.
* ''Fanfic/GlitchedMikoAU'': Miko unlike the rest of her siblings is homeschooled.

* Nathaniel from ''Literature/{{Mindblind}}'' attended one day of preschool, but fit in so badly that he's been homeschooled ever since. He took college classes from home.
* Nickel from ''Literature/NickelPlated'' was homeschooled by his last foster family. He didn't think it was unusual until he learned the reason: they wanted to use him for child porn and didn't want him telling anyone else about it.
* In ''Literature/ADrownedMaidensHair'', Maud is adopted by three {{phony psychic}}s who want her to impersonate dead children in their séances. If the neighbors find out about her, they might suspect that the séances are fake, so Maud is forced to live as TheShutIn. Judith and Victoria have her take lessons at home.
* Mrs. Carillon from ''Literature/TheMysteriousDisappearanceOfLeonIMeanNoel'' was educated at home by her governess, Miss Anna Oglethorpe, a bony woman who was constantly kicking and poking her for daydreaming.
* In ''Literature/PrudencePenderhaus'', the autistic teen Cassius Shooster has been raised as a MadmanInTheAttic from the age of four. His mother would have preferred to keep him locked like an animal in the basement, but his father, the only parent who cares about him at all, insisted on giving him a room on the second floor, where he teaches him lessons and gives him access to pop culture so he doesn't grow up completely feral.
* In the ''Literature/{{Thora}}'' books, the titular half-mermaid grew up on a houseboat, where she was homeschooled by her ParentalSubstitute Mr Walters. By age ten, she already knows calculus.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The TV show "Quiz Bowl" pitted a group of public school kids against some homeschoolers. [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08aquiz.phtml]] [[http://video.nate.com/204901019]]

* ''Series/{{Cougartown}}'' featured a trio of homeschooled kids who have a {{creepy|Child}}, ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' vibe to them. They make chalk drawings on other people's driveways, and woe to those who dare hose the drawings off.
* When Bill turned Jessica into a vampire on ''Series/TrueBlood'', one of her first reactions was: "No more homeschool?" When assured that this was the case, vampirism didn't seem like such a bad thing to her.
* On the RealityShow ''Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting'', the Duggar family homeschools all 19 of their children (even through college). They fit the stereotype of the religious fundamentalist children, since they don't believe in birth control (hence the 19 kids), make all the girls wear skirts, don't watch TV and have limited use of the Internet. This has continued with the school-aged grandchildren. Although Jill, one of the older daughters, has put her son in a public school.
* The children of ''Series/RaisedByWolves2013'' are all home schooled, though the fact that we never see them being taught anything makes it something of an InformedAttribute.
* The children on the series ''Series/PromisedLand1996'' were homeschooled by the mother, though not out of personal or religious reasons--the family traveled around the country helping people and therefore never settled anywhere long enough for them to be properly enrolled in school. Once the family permanently settles in a community, this changes.
* Dharma of ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'' was homeschooled, and quite well-adjusted at that. It usually comes up when she laments the things she missed out on – riding the school bus, going to homecoming, etc – although one episode has her realize that the "History" lessons that [[ConspiracyTheorist her father]] taught her weren't as true as she thought.

* Owen Cronsky in ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' was homeschooled by his parents, and there were a few jokes made about it(like Claude and Ramona being surprised that he had an actual graduation ceremony), but it's still one of the more positive examples of this trope, as Owen turned out fairly successful from the experience.
* The short-lived WB sitcom ''The O'Keefe's'' was about homeschooled kids trying to adjust to life, though some critics felt that the show was making fun of the whole idea of homeschooling.

* Homeschool Winner from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is portrayed as one of these (and an exceptionally intelligent one, at that) in the DVD special, ''Why Come Only One Girl''.

* Asia Ellis in ''Webcomic/{{morphE}}''. [[http://asia-ellis-understoods.tumblr.com/image/46632393343 She tried public school. It didn't work out.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace's cover story when she started school was that she was [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=876 home schooled by an elderly woman]].

* ''Webcomic/DisneyHighSchool'' begins with Quasimodo and Rapunzel ([[RelatedInTheAdaptation who are step-siblings in this story]]) joining the titular school after being taught by Frollo and Gothel their whole lives.
* One comic in ''WebComic/KevinAndKell'' revealed that George is homeschooling Francis, due to Francis being too unpredictable (being the TokenHuman in a FunnyAnimal world) for normal schools to cope with.

* Patti Mayonaise in the Disney episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' is a ''mostly'' positive example, as she starts being partially-home schooled without it damaging her social life--the only negative aspect being that Doug doesn't get to see her as often. [[spoiler:Near the end of run, her dad gets hired as a full-time teacher at Doug's school, and she winds up back with the other kids.]]

* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] suggests homeschooling as an option when she's expelled from Sunnydale High ("It's not just for scary religious people anymore!"), but the idea is never pursued.
* Angie tries to do this with Carmen in ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' after she leaves her public school and doesn't succeed very well.
* In ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', Gabrielle temporarily has to deal with homeschooling her daughter. Though she is completely inept at it and ends up letting her cleaning lady teach instead.

* Amélie in ''Film/{{Amelie}}'' was homeschooled as a child because her father believed she had a heart deficit and shouldn't be with other kids.

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? Are the parents from some radical political fringe (either far-left hippies on a {{commune}} who mistrust TheMan, or or alt-right types? Are they fundamentalist religious types in FlyoverCountry who want a Christian education? Are they from a brainwashed cult? And that most offensive of questions: do they have social lives and friends?

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? Are the parents from some radical political fringe (either far-left hippies on a {{commune}} who mistrust TheMan, or fundamentalist religious types in FlyoverCountry who want a Christian education, or from a cult)? And that most offensive of questions: do they have social lives and friends?

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? Are the parents from some radical political fringe that mistrusts TheMan, fundamentalist religionlus types or from a cult? How do they make friends if they can't go to school? And that most offensive of questions: do they have social lives and friends?

To many modern children and teenagers, the homeschooled kid is something of an enigma. Do they ever leave their house? Is there something wrong with them? How do they make friends if they can't go to school? And that most offensive of questions: do they have lives?

Despite popular belief, homeschooled kids are typically no different than kids who go to regular schools (such as public schools or private schools). While some kids are placed in special schools due to things like disabilities, a good number of their parents feel that their kids' educational needs will simply be better met at home. Homeschooling can come in many forms, from literally being taught by a parent to a co-op that hires teachers for their kids.

Homeschooled kids do not show up in media very often, but when they do, they are usually shown as either [[NoSocialSkills socially inept]] nerds or [[TheFundamentalist religious fundamentalists]] (as of 2007, 72% of American parents who homeschool list a religious motivation) who have been sheltered by their paranoid parents. While some homeschooled kids fit these stereotypes (the term "homeschoolers" in some parts of the homeschooled community refer solely to children fitting this stereotype; in other parts of the homeschooled community "homeschooler" is a self-identity for anyone homeschooled), not all do. In RealLife, there actually are homeschooling-parent-led networks of homeschooled kids who get together with other homeschooled kids for events just to offset this sort of social issue, though each homeschooling family's involvement in that sort of thing varies.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': It's hinted in the movie, and confirmed by supplementary materials and the {{novelization}}, that [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Madison Russell]] has been educated mainly by her mother and Monarch field tutors in the years leading up to the movie whilst traveling the world as part of her mother's work.