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Bec Zajac and Claudette Werden for Life Matters and Sunday Extra

'Accidental' homeschoolers are rising as some parents feel they have no choice but to withdraw their children

Gemma didn't set out to homeschool her daughter, Bonnie.

Bonnie had loved kindergarten and Gemma assumed that, the following year, school would go just as smoothly.

"We entered prep very excited and full of wonder, ready to start the mainstream [school] experience," Gemma says.

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