Mr. Block is a novelist and the author of the memoir “Homeschooled.” By my third year of home-schooling — in 1994, when I was 12 — Mom’s project of turning me back into an infant was nearly complete.
Summer is a time for block parties, daytrips to the waterpark and lots of family fun. But what if parents want to get away from the house for a few hours to unwind away from the kids? Is that legal in ...