The first thing that struck me here is that there seems to have been some invisible thread drawn between mental illness (which it would surely take to kill a couple of kids — IF, indeed, that's what went down — and homeschooling.

But anyone with an ounce of sanity would be able to reason out that "Two kids died. They were homeschooled. Therefore homeschooling is risky." is not a logical argument on any level whatsoever.

But the establishment would want to paint homeschooling as being something for "fringe dwellers" so as to regain CONTROL over more people. Has nowt to do with whether they are being effectively educated, or not...