Saying things have changed and it's not likenitnwas is not dismissing your experience. It's pointing out that lessons have been learned and changes have been and are being made.

That applies to regulation as well.

Urchling homeschooled the second half of her academic career. In our state, I had to register, present my college degree to prove aptitude, adhere to a curriculum plan as outlined by the state, complete a lesson plan for the year, keep records of progress, there was paperwork that had to be filed with the local.school board and thr stste, and every year Urchling had to take a test to prove she was staying on par with schooled kids her age. She had to have a yearly physical and spend x hrs every week in physical activity, which also had to be logged. I forget what the requirement was, we biked and skated every day almost and she had play time, so we were logging well above the requirement...30 hrs a week, easy.

How much more regulation do you want?

That is roughly on par with what teachers do, except they're doing it for 30 kids instead of one or a few and have other administrative things to deal with.