We're going to home school!

[saved4life]

Social skills from peers?!? Are you serious.

You must be very knowledgable about child development and psychology.

Yes, Jack. You learn social skills from inter-acting with a group when you are young. Did you not attend school when you were young?

Yes, and I learned lots of cuss words, the best places to find porn when you're under the age of 16, how to disrespect elders and all kinds of other great stuff that my kids aren't learning. As for how they interact with others -- they do just fine since their role models aren't juvenile delinquents.

Well, you learned a lot more than that...hopefully.

If you keep your kids away from their peers, they're going to be maladjusted...but look who I'm talking to...

 

[Jack Lewis]

Social skills from peers?!? Are you serious.

You must be very knowledgable about child development and psychology.

Yes, Jack. You learn social skills from inter-acting with a group when you are young. Did you not attend school when you were young?

Yes, and I learned lots of cuss words, the best places to find porn when you're under the age of 16, how to disrespect elders and all kinds of other great stuff that my kids aren't learning. As for how they interact with others -- they do just fine since their role models aren't juvenile delinquents.

Well, you learned a lot more than that...hopefully.

If you keep your kids away from their peers, they're going to be maladjusted...but look who I'm talking to...

You . . . uh . . . haven't taken a peek at a typical high school campus lately, have you.

And my kids will at least have learned the difference between discussing an issue and tossing an unwarranted personal attack.

 

[saved4life]

And my kids will at least have learned the difference between discussing an issue and tossing an unwarranted personal attack.

Oh, you warrant it, alright.

What are you gonna do? Make the job market their first real inter-action with peers? : They're going to be eaten alive if you do...

 

[Jack Lewis]

And my kids will at least have learned the difference between discussing an issue and tossing an unwarranted personal attack.

Oh, you warrant it, alright.

And people wonder why I was away so long.

What are you gonna do? Make the job market their first real inter-action with peers? : They're going to be eaten alive if you do...

Lots of homeschooled people do fine in the job market. They have the experiecne of dealing with adults, not just a collection of people all exactly their age.

 

[JAfan]

I'm a public school reacher...and I think that homeschooling is a fine idea. The public school system will not work for all people. There are certainly challenges when parents/guardians homeschool their children, but they are not impossible to overcome. As other people have mentioned in the thread, there may be support services/structures already established in the area where you live. If there aren't, you might be the one to be the trailblazer in your area.

As for the socialization argument, I think that enough opportunites *can* be found outside of the typical school environment for them to interact with their peers.

However, at the same time, there are definitely some benefits from having your child in the public school system that you might find difficult to create or make up for in homeschooling. Even though some of these factors may appear negative at first, they might not necessarily be a bad thing for your children to face in the long run... but I won't go into that for this thread. I just wanted to let you know that there are some teachers who do think that homeschooling is a legitimate option to consider for your children.

 

[Heidi Mighty Mo]

Thank you for sharing that, JAfan. There are not many public school teachers that are willing to support or stand up for homeschoolers (even Christian ones) so I appreciate that.