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This is the most common question we homeschoolers receive. 1. Students and teachers are not always good role models and schools are not always a good environme
by ryanmarsh 6y ago
This is the most common question we homeschoolers receive.
1. Students and teachers are not always good role models and schools are not always a good environment for learning soft skills. Some schools are quite toxic. I'm sure many here can relate.
2. Who better to teach you social cues than your parents who love you and will be patient with you?
3. It depends on the child and the parents. Our oldest daughter is extremely introverted and was homeschooled yet has better social graces than her mother and I combined. Our middle daughter (extrovert) has a strong network of online/offline friends through various programs and activities. She will be starting a private school in the fall.
4. Homeschooled children get used to interacting with adults who are not in a school environment and tend to communicate in an adult like manner (IMHE).
5. The successful homeschoolers tend not to advertise it, yet they are everywhere. Unsuccessful home schoolers often become the subject click bait articles or books (ala Tara Westover's experience).
School for me was a horrible experience socially for me. I wish I'd been home schooled.
- sbilstein 6y agoThe assumption that parents love and treat their children well is a quite a big assumption by homeschooling advocates.
- mrguyorama 6y agoMy mother is a teacher. She has become surrogate mother to so many kids because their home lives are trash.
- andrepd 6y ago1. Parents are not always good role models and homes are not always a good environment for learning soft skills. Some homes are quite toxic. I'm sure many here can relate.
- MH15 6y agoExactly! It's more difficult (for most) to become a teacher than it is to become a parent and I think we can agree the average teacher is better at their job then the average parent. While homeschooling can work wonderfully in some places, it is exceedingly irresponsible to advocate for unregulated homeschooling while knowing the terrible home life some children have.
- astura 6y agoThe most toxic of toxic schools don't even begin to compare to the toxicity of my home life. I would rather be in school getting bullied by other kids then home getting told that I ruined my parents life and they wish I didn't exist. Truthfully, the bullying by other kids didn't even bother me in the least because it was so mild compared to what my parents dished out non-stop.
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