[JenB]

Lighten up. If school were just about education, I’d have a lot of sympathy, but you’re missing a huge chunk of social development (as the lack of sense of humor in this post shows). I’ve known many home schooled kids in my day, and I’ve yet to meet one of them who wouldn’t have been better off with a real Public/Private school upbringing. How was your Prom?

My homeschooled husband will gladly tell you how, when his classmates asked him about missing the prom, returned fire and asked how many of them went to their proms. As they were at an engineering school, the answer was not many...

I was homeschooled and I'm sure I would have been better off in public school, where I could have been picked on for being fat and nerdy, developed an eating disorder, started studying Elementary Education instead of computer science, found an abusive boyfriend and gotten pregnant at 18.

[metmom]

People forget about the wonderful social opportunity of NOT being invited to the prom when virtually everyone else is.

[eleni121]

I think Private School and homeschooling are the best options for our kids academically ..no doubt about that!

However, I wonder about learning how to stand up to bullies (teachers as well) and the other nimrods that can be an advantage gained in the public school setting too...

What say you?