One of the first, if not the first, thing I was ever told when starting to home educate was “the trick is not to get out enough, but to stay home enough” Boy was that ever true. Home educated children typically have PLENTY of real life “socialization” (put in quotes because I hate that word)
Mine did not and at age 16 we have had to pump it up
He is joining Venture Scouts this year, starting a part time “job” working as an SPCA volunteer and taking martial arts classes
I guess it depends on the kid, but mine has special needs and that means dysfunctional social skills
and that is a big reason why he is being homeschooled
but as we have seen with some sad highly publicized cases like Adam Lanza, you cannot keep them at home in a cocoon living their lives online