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This is a side note: It's really interesting to me that whenever anyone talks about homeschooling children the point that is always raised by someone is that i
by Verdex_3 9y ago
This is a side note:
It's really interesting to me that whenever anyone talks about homeschooling children the point that is always raised by someone is that if children never leave the home then how will they learn to socialize with children their own age.
Similarly, whenever people talk about skipping grades for exceptionally bright children someone always brings up socialization.
Yet here we see many people talk about how leaving children unsupervised in a self driven bus is a recipe for disaster. Which seems to suggest that children socializing with their own age is a detriment to both society and the children themselves.
I'm sure nobody is using data to come up with these conclusions, but I find it interesting that the expectation is that kids socializing with kids is both the most important thing AND the worst possible thing.
- TRUBtheSCRUB 9y agoYou're describing two completely different types of socialization though. The first two are examples of a single children missing out on key childhood socialization "training" that will help them as they grow older. The third example is of leaving many children unsupervised to do as they will. Sure, kids do need to learn to socialize in large groups, but leaving them unsupervised on a self driving bus is a recipe for disaster, and not at all the same as kids being home schooled or skipping grades.
- typetypetype 9y agoI think you are underestimating how much of that socialization is supervised by adults (even passively), especially for younger kids.
- Coincoin 9y ago> Yet here we see many people talk about how leaving children unsupervised in a self driven bus is a recipe for disaster. Which seems to suggest that children socializing with their own age is a detriment to both society and the children themselves. Kids can socialize even if they are supervised.