3 ms·
I’m just thinking what I would want for my kids, but, as an adult who wants kids / I don’t have kids but if I did I would ideally home school. For socializing,
by i_like_apis 4y ago
I’m just thinking what I would want for my kids, but, as an adult who wants kids / I don’t have kids but if I did I would ideally home school.
For socializing, it would be simply a group that meets every Friday for about 3+ hours in the afternoon, at an environment like a municipal community center (some are really nice, especially on the peninsula) or a good YMCA community room, or similar space.
One adult present to prevent shenanigans. Should probably leave them alone and just check up every half hour. Lunch and snacks. BYO computer required. No video games. (they have to talk to each other).
All kids home schooled for gifted reasons. Maybe 10-30
No forced scholastics or presentations at the social meeting. Just smart kids hanging out. They will naturally share their interests and goals with each other without being pressured, and will tend to resist if pressured to be scholastic in front of each other.
Then they will form cliques who want to hang out on their own time.
The parents could also have a similar meeting once a month on Friday evenings.
Now how do you promote and grow that group into something with at least about 10 kids? (Or potentially many more) (while also ensuring that they are all in fact gifted kids?) I don't know. Slick website? Blog? Newsletter? Viral philosophy? Simple word-of-mouth is very powerful. Not sure but it seems like something to throw a little SV ingenuity at in terms of viral marketing.
If you do it, just remember to keep it simple!