I was homeschooled in the 90s/early 00s in the conservative Christian wing of the movement. Personally, I think it was a great experience (despite the conservative, religious aspect which I later rejected) and made me a more unique person. I would not have done well socially in school as a child anyway. My brother though, raised in the same environment, resents our upbringing. I also meet many homeschoolers raised in conservative Christian households who disliked the experience.
Overall, it's a very high variance method of education. For every Judit Polgar, you have a woman told her highest calling must be to reproduce and be subservient to her husband (I know these people personally).
If you have the resources and have intellectually precocious children, especially if they are a bit odd, they will likely enjoy it and benefit from it. If you have kids that really want to play sports at a high level or are socially very successful, they might later resent the opportunities they missed and the shared experiences they lack. Obviously, this is reductive, but I think something like this is true.
Overall, it's a very high variance method of education. For every Judit Polgar, you have a woman told her highest calling must be to reproduce and be subservient to her husband (I know these people personally).
If you have the resources and have intellectually precocious children, especially if they are a bit odd, they will likely enjoy it and benefit from it. If you have kids that really want to play sports at a high level or are socially very successful, they might later resent the opportunities they missed and the shared experiences they lack. Obviously, this is reductive, but I think something like this is true.