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> I'll say that homeschool kids are a bit off, socially. Nice anecdote. My experience is the exact opposite. The ~20 home schooled kids I know are the most soc
by pronlover723 4y ago
> I'll say that homeschool kids are a bit off, socially.
Nice anecdote. My experience is the exact opposite. The ~20 home schooled kids I know are the most socially adept kids I've ever met. They aren't shy. They hold nice conversations. They actually like talking to a mix of people.
- nomdep 4y ago> They aren't shy. They hold nice conversations So they do seem very grown up
- internet_user 4y agoseem or are?
- 1123581321 4y agoSocial adeptness stands out too, though. “Socially adjusted” means behaving like someone who spent twelve years in a public institution. No more or less. I think highly of the homeschooled kids I’ve known, for the record.
- mod 4y agoI think they're the most socially adept kids when speaking with adults, and the most socially inept when hanging with other kids, particularly medium-to-large groups. On average. I knew plenty of them who didn't fit the mold.
- noodlesUK 4y agoI'll echo some of the other posters here in saying that homeschooled kids are usually shockingly good at holding conversations with adults for their age. Not being in an institutional environment where you only really talk to schoolteachers means they get a lot more practice having normal conversations with adults. That was a benefit for me in my later teenage years for sure as I transitioned into the grown-up world.