>> reporter: like nonprofit groups that provide an overall curriculum, for-profit groups that provide weekly lesson plans. laura brody wrote "love in the time of home schools" after home schooling her daughter for one year. >> we had a very good experience and a lot of successes, and a lot of fights and power struggles, and i didn't find home schooling books that talked about that. >> reporter: orred fact that home schooling is a 24/7 job. everything is education, and it's 365 days a year. of course, we take breaks and have fun and we do watch cartoons. we don't have a time to turn on learning and turn it off. >> reporter: for a growing number of families, home schools is the best way to raise, as these parents would say, well-rounded kids who will become not just smart adults but good people.