Yeah, this would be my primary concern with homeschooling. Schools aren't just a place where you learn how to divide fractions, memorize historical events and learn how to compose a sentence. It's also where you develop socially among a group of peers.

I used to live next door to a divorced mom who homeschooled her kids and there was definitely something "off" about her kids. They were nice and well behaved but you just got this strange feeling they weren't entirely normal having been raised in a vacuum. Granted mom was weird too so this was a chicken/egg thing.

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Posted by CAT

Central Arkansas

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:32 am to AUFANATL

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Yeah, this would be my primary concern with homeschooling. Schools aren't just a place where you learn how to divide fractions, memorize historical events and learn how to compose a sentence. It's also where you develop socially among a group of peers.

This was my thought for many years. There were a couple families in our church that home schooled and they were as normal as could get. Very social, outgoing, not weird in any way. My initial thought is they were the outliers; through work I've met others who have home schooled and they are the same. Normal kids doing normal kid things; movies with others, sports, etc.
I had mostly changed my mind 4-5 years ago then Covid and more left leaning crap and I'm now all for it. Both our kids are in college but if had to start over I'm fairly certain we would look very hard at home schooling.

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Posted by Turbeauxdog

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Posted on 10/31/23 at 5:54 pm to AUFANATL

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socially among a group of peers.

Yeah,

And that's the problem, when people look at the weirdos and degenerates running and attending public schools they don't see peers to socialize with they see miscreants to avoid.

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