[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.

[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!

[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.

[driftdiver]

".....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"

Thats cause its hard to indoctrinate the kids if they are outside the system.

[WOSG]

"....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."

That's ironic, isn't it? It's actually *MORE* healthy for children to be in varied social environments than in a group of 1 adult and 22 others who happen to be born within 12 months of eachother.

As parents of schoolage children, we are well aware of the 'bad influences' that other children can sometimes be. Just as communicable diseases can spead via the classroom, so can bad behavior.