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Originally Posted by Platapus
I have one question about home-schooling?
I can understand and appreciate the ability of a trained parent, using approved curricula, being able to teach their kid the "three R's".
However, I would like to know how about the child's social education when they are home schooled?
Even kids in private schools are exposed to other kids (some nice and some not so nice) and instructors (also some nice and some not so nice). They have to learn how do deal with interacting with different people.
To me, learning how to deal with different people (people who may not have the same beliefs as you) is important. Learning how to deal with a bully; how do deal with an overly shy teammate; the inherent unfairness of informal competitive sports. These are all very important life lessons.
How does a home-schooler teach those lessons?
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I think it's a mistake to consider school as the only environment a person can learn those social lessons. I did far more socializing with the neighborhood kids in the woods and fields around my house and though after school social activities with the Boy Scouts, YMCA, Little League, etc, than i ever did sitting in a classroom quietly listening to a teachers lecture.