Researchers Say Socialization No Longer an ''Issue''

Christian Post ^ | 5-26-05 | Marion Kim

[RKBA Democrat]

This is an old article, but the subject matter is relevant.

[RKBA Democrat]

Ping.

[brytlea]

I was always surprised that anyone thought this was an issue. It's not like homeschooled kids are locked in the attic and not allowed human contact. Human children spent the majority of history in small mixed age groups, not large same age groups like now.
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[Kewlhand`tek]

Ive always told people, whats better for the child to socialize with, adults or 14 year old beavis and buttheads, which will get them ahead in life.

of course being a beavis or buthead they could work as a lawyer or reporter or braindead actor but the market is saturated for them

[kalee]

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[SteveMcKing]

"He said that those taught at home were more likely to invite others to play with them, they were not as competitive but more cooperative, and they kept their noise levels lower."

Oprah Nation is pleased.

[kalee]

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[Lizavetta]

The premises behind the "what about socialization" question are faulty anyway.

Those premises are that children must be with same age peers 6+ hours a day to be normal....

....and that homeschoolers are not in contact with other children....

.....and that contact with adults, older kids, younger kids, relatives, family, etc. simply doesn't count....it must be with same age peers to be valid.

[Onelifetogive]

The best response to the "socialization question" I've heard is:

"Sure, socialization is a great reason to homeschool, but you can't overlook that fact that you'll get a better education, too!"

[Ironclad]

Based on my personal experience with five nieces and nephews who are being home schooled, this article is dead wrong. I don't know what's going to become of them when they get out into the real world. I view home schooling as an insanely risky experiment on the kids. They might as well be growing-up by themselves on a space station.

[A. Pole]

"All the research shows children are doing well."

Of course. The XIX century factory style herding of children and brainwashing them in school is a very unnatural "socializing".

[politicket]

I view home schooling as an insanely risky experiment on the kids. They might as well be growing-up by themselves on a space station.

Be nice to them. One of them will probably be your President some day...

[A. Pole]

I don't know what's going to become of them when they get out into the real world. I view home schooling as an insanely risky experiment on the kids.

You are confusing the modern school environment with the real world. It is the modern school which is "an insanely risky experiment on the kids" and we have seen the results.

I see an analogy with TV, I do not have one and couple of my friends were worried about me. They said that without TV, I do not have contact with the reality. Poor guys think that their TV is a window into the real world.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Everybody should want their kids to be 'socialized' in the public schools. Being beat up on the playground by older kids and being introduced to drugs in junior high is only part of the experience. They also get encouraged to perform homosexual acts, to constantly complain when life gets a little tedious, and to learn to spend every spare moment with a cell phone stuck in their ear.

I realize that bad influences can happen everywhere, but the risks are a lot higher when they're immersed in it for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

[HungarianGypsy]

and they kept their noise levels lower."

Maybe someone should tell my kids about that last part. You would think my boys were deaf how much they yell.

But, homeschoolers are more likely to just get out in a group and play. They don't just stand back and check out who's cool or not.

[Clintonfatigued]

If anything, homeschooled children are far less likely to have psychological/emotional hang-ups than public school students.

All too often, kids dumped in the public schools get traumatized in the name of socializing and educating them.

[A. Pole]

The premises behind the "what about socialization" question are faulty anyway. Those premises are that children must be with same age peers 6+ hours a day to be normal....

....and that homeschoolers are not in contact with other children....

.....and that contact with adults, older kids, younger kids, relatives, family, etc. simply doesn't count....it must be with same age peers to be valid.

Orwell and Huxley do not describe the future. They describe the present!

[edsheppa]

Our older daughter is homeschooled and we were often asked this what-about-socialization question. My canned answer was "that's why we have two dogs."

[Paisan]

and that contact with adults, older kids, younger kids, relatives, family, etc. simply doesn't count....it must be with same age peers to be valid.

It is the public school's LIMITATION on socialization - keeping children locked in to a specific age group. This is, in itself, the main advantage that home-schooled kids enjoy.

[dalereed]

"they were not as competitive but more cooperative"

Why would anyone consider that good.

I've never entered into anything in my life that I didn't intend to win or think that I had the ability or equipment to win.

I wouldn't consider entering into anything to be an alsoran!