I homeschooled our son, an only child. All you have to do is walk through your front door and there are a bazillion people to ‘socialize’ with. We did field trips, park days, get-togethers with friends, Scouts. Think back 150 years. There were kids growing up in log cabins and soddies. Did they have to get together with 300 kids every day to learn how to live life? NO, they spent the day with their parents. Somehow they got by.
Think through how you define ‘socialization’ and you will very quickly see that it is an empty word tossed around that really means nothing. Kids do not raise other kids; adults raise kids, and train them to be adults.
Good points. Ultimately it’s my daughter’s choice, and she’s pretty young with career goals so I know she won’t homeschool. Socialization is possible through homeschooling with the groups that have formed these days, yes. I don’t know that she’d follow through with that aspect of homeschooling though. Ah I wish I could retire, I would do it!