[goodnesswins]

Well...I think you’re ignorant of home schooling....MOST homeschoolers ARE exposed to other kids. Plus, where do you think kids go to learn to be belligerent and unruly?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That is the traditional stupidity about home schooling. They have this concept of one kid sitting alone, probably in a basement, doing nothing but studying.

Of course the truth is that home schooled children actually send less time on school related activities then traditionally schooled children. When you add up the time spent going to school and back you get a total of ten hours a day for TSC's and that is without adding in the "homework" that seems to be given out at younger and younger ages and in larger amounts.

This leaves the TSC's no time to actually interact and deal with other children. Even their lunch time is often a "no talking" time. The only interaction many of them have is in the bathrooms and those are not exactly the kind of social interactions that are healthy for them.

On the other hand most HSC's spend less then four hours a day on school related activities. This leaves a great deal of time for them to interact with other children. Home Schooling organizations often have sports team and other ECA and some simply meet at church or public play grounds to let them play together.

The HSC also has time to interact with his patents and family in a way the TSC does not.

[Vaquero]

I went to a catholic parochial school. We were terrible. Had fights. Started trouble. But not in school. Or more correctly when we did we paid a stiff penalty including corporal punishment. As a boy I can tell you we were allowed to do boy things.

The answer isn’t home school but private schooling where kids get an education and learn to be responsible respectful citizens.

I sent my kids to public school but monitored what they were being taught and told them when the schools were WRONG. I told them not to be disrespectful of their ‘wrong’ teachers but to understand the right thing.

[Cinnamontea]

MOST homeschoolers ARE exposed to other kids.

You beat me to it. Most homeschooled kids belong to networks that include other homeschooled kids and their parents. One mother teaching her one or two kids is no longer the norm. These days, homeschools are essentially small schools. The kids have guest speakers, go on field trips, etc. An excellent education and social experience.

[GingisK]

Plus, where do you think kids go to learn to be belligerent and unruly?

Oh, that is just precious! You made my week.