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Explain the whole home-schooling deal to me
One of my friends is going to be homeschooling this year and my hippie neighbors homeschool. I don't understand the draw, unless you have a special needs kid or live 2 hours away from the nearest school.
I have yet to meet a home schooled kid who isn't socially awkward around peers. I think the whole socialization of schools helps prepare you for the work force.
so, help me understand...
I have yet to meet a home schooled kid who isn't socially awkward around peers. I think the whole socialization of schools helps prepare you for the work force.
so, help me understand...
Re: Explain the whole home-schooling deal to me
We have considered homeschooling our kids.
For us it boils down to private vs public school.
Public school has many things in its curriculum that aren't what we'd like others teaching our kids. We feel it is our responsibility.
While private school would teach more along the same beliefs as what we want our kids to learn it is not in our budget to send our kids to a private school.
Homeschool would allow our kids to learn the basics that public teaches while allowing us to focus what we believe on some of the more "delicate" issues.
Does this make sense?
I don't have the patience to teach my own kids and H and I have a philosophy of exposing our kids to a variety of things and using those experiences as learning opportunities for what we believe to be right and wrong, but I understand the draw and I don't feel homeschooling necessarily equals socially inept kids, especially with the resources there are now. Of course there can be withdrawn, shy, socially awkward kids that are the product of homeschooling and it's unfortunate if their parents are doing them a disservice by educating them at home. However, there are a ton of impolite, disrespectful and even socially awkward kids in public or private school.
There are several homeschooling families in my moms' group and at least a couple of my friends are considering it and their kids are far from sheltered. However, these are moms (parents) who take opportunities to get their kids to interact with other children and who take part in groups of other families with similar situations.
TTC #1 since 08/11 IUI#2 = BFP!
home school is nms.
there are weirdos in home, private, and public school. Its all about the parenting imo.
the same thing could be said about owen and daycare - that being a sahm is preventing him from socializing with other kids and whatnot - not true, homeboy loves kids and has friends.
that being said, when he starts acting up - we tell him to stop being a crazy homeschool kid.