I forgot to socialize the kidsI love this image from over on Sonlight’s Facebook page. The comments below the image are pretty typical. The reality is that this is a dead topic amongst people who homeschool or have inkling of understanding about the macro-picture of homeschooling and homeschoolers. The idea that the “Lord of the Flies” environment that generally exists in government schools and the vast bulk of other traditional schools is some how better for a child’s socialization than a nurturing environment where children regularly interact with a broad range of adults and other children in a setting managed by a loving parent is patently absurd. Homeschooling parents and rational people looking on get this.

I am getting less and less willing to even make the caveat that some people do a bad job. No one does that with the government schoolers and should no longer be necessary with the homeschoolers either. We all get that some kids fall through the cracks.

 I really appreciated both the graphic and the comments on that Facebook post.

Betty Blonde #275 – 08/07/2009
Betty Blonde #275
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