Article on Socialization

Unless you are an adult parent who was homeschooled, you cannot begin to understand how your kid’s brain operates without the opiate of schooling. You can insist all you want that your children are well-socialized, but the truth is they haven’t been assimilated.
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This is true I wasn't homeschooled and I often wonder what the outcome of homeschooling will be on my childrens thought processes. It can be scary to do something different. But then I am odd ;)
 
Wow! Great article! I was homeschooled for 1 year (my last). And I have known many homeschooled kids, and many public schooled kids. I want my kids to turn out like the homeschooled ones. They are more confident, helpful, respectful, and to be frank, intelligent.
 
I met an adult woman in our small town who was homeschooled all the way through. She is the sweetest and friendliest person! I asked her about her homeschooling experience and she said she wished she had had more rigorus math but otherwise she wouldn't have changed anything! Good feedback!

Edie
 
I think the issue here is culture. What type of culture are you creating in your home school? Each parent will have their own. Students in public school are trained to adjust to many different cultures when they travel from room to room or teacher to teacher because each teacher creates their own culture that is unique to the students in it. So I pose these questions: What type of culture are you creating at home and how are you allowing your child to adapt?

There is so much more that goes into socialization. 98% of what we communicate is with nonverbal cues. Are kids who are home schooled given ample opportunities to learn how to receive those important nonverbal cues? How much of their time spent is with other kids, teachers, and adults vs. time alone?

P.S. Again I refer back to culture. answer these questions and then ask the hard questions. How can we solve this problem?
 
mas3398 said:
There is so much more that goes into socialization. 98% of what we communicate is with nonverbal cues. Are kids who are home schooled given ample opportunities to learn how to receive those important nonverbal cues? How much of their time spent is with other kids, teachers, and adults vs. time alone?

P.S. Again I refer back to culture. answer these questions and then ask the hard questions. How can we solve this problem?
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I would argue (and I'm far from the official hs spokesperson) that my kids see just as many non-verbal cues as ps kids do. Further, I would add that my kids also see adults modeling correct responses to those cues.

Not sure I agree that different classrooms is the same as different cultures, either. But I leave that for other folks to decide.

I'm just not sure why you think homeschooled kids spend so much time alone? Mine certainly don't.
 
That is a great article. It has great points as well. But, I'm sure there are lots of great articles for public school as well.
 
Great article. I sub in the public schools and I noticed years ago that homeschooled kids are more mature and interact better with adults and other kids better than public schooled kids. The public schooled kids place more emphasis on impressing their peers than adults. Respect for adults in the schools is suffering. HS kids definitely have greater respect for adults. There is also no bullying in HS groups like you find in the ps. Homeschooling is such a blessing!
 
I think parental involvement makes all the difference, in both public school and home school settings.

My daughter has been public schooled far more than she's been homeschooled, but she's still got the "home school" mindset. I think it's because we've always viewed public school as an educational option, not an obligation. And we've never relied on it to be their primary source of education.

Sadly, I did once meet a homeschool family who exemplified the absolute worse of "homeschooling" (if you can call it that). Their kids were dirty, uncared for and mostly illiterate. They used religion as an excuse to neglect their kids. Fortunately, however, they were a rare exception to the rule. Home schooled children almost always have involved, thoughtful, dedicated parents. So of course the kids are going to have excellent outcomes!

I think if you could fill a public school class with nothing but children whose parents are dedicated to supporting their education and actively involved in their lives, that class would look pretty darn impressive, too. :)
 
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