Question for Home Schooling Kids

[ladylearner]

Love it!!!! As a second gen homeschool parent, I couldn't have said it better than either dfrecore or cookderosa, so I won't try.

Just wanted to chime in and say that both of their perspective are very accurate from what I've seen over the last 40 years or so -- when I was homeschooled, and now that I have been homeschooling my own children, some of whom are in their late teens & early 20's.

Seriously, "socialization", or what the general population means when they say it, is typically not an issue for true/dedicated homeschoolers in my experience.

I completely agree. A good friend who is a special ed teacher has a very low opinion of homeschooling. Yet she doesn't know a single homeschooling family. Not one. She has some of the usual stereotypes - no socialization, weird kids, weird parents, behind academically. I don't homeschool but I know many who do and it works well for them. It bugs me when people make snap judgments without knowing anything about who or what they are judging.