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"He's saying that there is not a whole classroom full of children. During this time, the child is not interacting with people his own age. Peer interaction is an important factor in the boy developing his masculine identity like other boys, as opposed to the feminine identity like the girls. That peer interaction is not built into the environment of home-schooling. Dr. Nicolosi has thus identified the vulnerability. He later discusses the solution."

You know, until the last 100+ years in this country, for a high percentage of children school was not a child's main experience with "life" and "socialization." The family unit -- including homeschooling and working with the family -- was where the child spent the bulk of his time. How on earth did we avoid turning into a nation of homosexuals before children had classrooms to "interact with peers their own age"?

While I agree with him that peer interaction is one of the factors in a child developing a healthy gender identity, I don't agree that effeminate boys or masculine girls are likely to grow up to be homosexual. While society tends to assign a direct link, I think it's purely imagined. A man who holds his cigarette the same way his mother held hers, as opposed to the way his father held his, is no more or less likely to have sex with another man. A woman who would rather change her own carburetor than hire a mechanic is not necessarily going to lust after other women.