Mom insisted I needed a ‘free-form education’ outside public school. After four years of loneliness, I gave up hope that someone would get me out “Every mother in the world wishes her kid wouldn’t grow up so fast.” Mom laughs as she holds me close. “But I guess I’m the only one who’s actually doing something about it, right?” By our fourth year of home schooling, when I’m 13, Mom’s work to return me to infanthood has become a part of our daily routine. Ever since she pulled me out of public