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Thanks for the ping.

One of the biggest benefits of HS that I have found is simply the amount of time my kids spend with me. The other day I went to a business breakfast and had no choice but to take them with me. I seated them at a nearby table, ordered plenty of food, and they were awesome! The other women commented how their kids would never have been so quiet and well-behaved. My kids are 4 and 7. I think one of the reasons for their behavior is simply that I am always around to teach, correct, and model. In public school they would be getting all that from their peers.

Re: this article. I believe there will come a time when homeschooling in America won't be so easy. Here in Arizona we have an optimal HS atmosphere; we're lucky. I'm thankful for the HSLDA for not only getting in the trenches and fighting for HS rights but looking ahead for potential infringement on our HS rights.

"The other day I went to a business breakfast and had no choice but to take them with me. I seated them at a nearby table, ordered plenty of food, and they were awesome!"

Kudos to you for homeschooling!

Socialization is more than just learning how to hang with kids your own age. It's about teaching kids how to behave in many different social situations, including the ability to sit still for a little while around adults. HS kids excel at being able to socialize with other kids of all ages.

This thread has got me thinking about the behaviour of children nowadays and I am gradually beginning to realise that I think some of it is because they spend too much time with other children.

They copy and probably plan how they can be more disruptive and in many cases more of nuisance to their parents and other adults. Probably because deep down they crave attention from their parents rather than company of other children.

Children do need balance of company not just children. Something I noticed which is different from my childhood when adults have social gatherings the children are put together sometimes with an adult but often on their own. When I was a child the children tended to stay with parents and join in the conversations that your parents were having. Even church events are going this way with creches during the main service or children going out to Sunday School. When I was young Sunday School was either before or after the morning meeting not during.

I have noticed that young adults have far less a vocabulary than I have and tend to want their children to go off with other children at social events rather than stay with them as they will be badly behaved and cannot interact with the adults.

The more I think about it the socializing problems from HS are not a problem as long as the children do get to met other people whether it be adults or children.

Sports activities I do see as a problem unless you ensure the child goes to some form of sports club at a local sports centre.