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>Every kid I knew in University that had been homeschooled had pretty serious issues with social skills There's a lot of confirmation bias going on here. How m
by learc83 7y ago
>Every kid I knew in University that had been homeschooled had pretty serious issues with social skills
There's a lot of confirmation bias going on here. How many homeschooled kids with good social skills didn't you notice?
There's also a potential selection bias in that parents maybe be more likely to homeschool kids that have social issues because they have social issues and don't fit in at school.
- fossuser 7y agoThere could be some of that, but you pretty often ask people where they went to school and how they grew up. If there were a lot of homeschooled kids with good social skills I’d still expect to have met some.
- malvosenior 7y agoKeep in mind that the reason people homeschool has changed a lot in the past decade. It used to be primarily religious reasons, but there's been a massive uptick of non-religious parents moving to homeschooling to better their child's education and get them out of the toxic school environment. Unless you're quite young, it's doubtful that you've interacted with many of these next-gen homeschool kids.
- learc83 7y ago>To be fair this is a pretty small sample to draw conclusions from. I think it's pretty likely given that statement and the small population of home-schooled kids to begin with, that confirmation bias explains your entire experience. But let's assume it doesn't. Home-schooled kids who do have good social skills are likely to realize that there is a bias against them and thus they aren't likely to advertise that they were home-schooled.