WARNING! Lack of socialization causes home schooled children have two heads?....
Copyright 2006 Matt Weight
Rubbish I hear you say? I couldn’t agree more. I find it quite amusing that “scholars” and the media treat the home schooled child and parent this way. The number one argu Contd...
Rubbish I hear you say? I couldn’t agree more. I find it quite amusing that “scholars” and the media treat the home schooled child and parent this way. The number one argument against homeschooling is the buzz word of “socialization” in other words the lack of social interaction with others through schooling.
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Most home education parents have often argued that their alternative actually enhances the student/' s “socialization”. They argue that the school years are the only time in a person/' s life that he or she will be artificially segregated into chronologically-determined groups. They say that home educated children have a more normal interaction with people of all ages. This will result in more influence on the child from adults- and less from other children- leading to more mature young citizens while still keeping friends and interacting with children of the same age.
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Where is this socialization the government school crowd always promotes as a reason for not home schooling? The latest blurb is that home schooled kids- even though possibly better educated- just can/' t be socialized in a home school setting. Once again the difference between theory and practice is showing just the opposite. Socially- home schoolers socialize in soccer comps- football comps- special events- ski trips- astronomy clubs- church groups- on the internet etc. So please- help me find this lack of socialization among home schoolers so we can stamp it out and stop depriving them of this most important asset?. What do you think?
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