My husband tells me that he got into trouble a lot when he was a young boy. He supposes that nowadays he would likely be diagnosed and put on some kind of drugs. But back in those bad old days, they used to give children the strap. If kids didn’t get with the program and behave themselves, they would be smacked across their palms with a big ol’ piece of leather. I am not going to debate corporal punishment here, but I want to tell a story from his past that illustrates one of the great merits of homeschooling. Once there was a little boy who had trouble sitting still…