We homeschool our children and it has been an overall good experience. We solved the socialization issue by enrolling them in dance, martial arts, sports, theat

We homeschool our children and it has been an overall good experience. We solved the socialization issue by enrolling them in dance, martial arts, sports, theater and other structured social activities that allow them to socialize in a constructive environment. The stigma of homeschooling is wearing off as more and more people see the product of homeschooling. To me the socialization was over-plaid where homeschoolers where branded as religious fundamentalist that where trying to segment themselves and their children off from society. The thing to remember when people say that it somehow damaged children is, that school is the unnatural environment. The history of children being massed into an environment with few adults to supervise has a relatively short history. With further laws restricting those that do not want to be there from leaving, it has become a recipe for disaster. Before legislation mandating attendance, the bad apples naturally fell away from the environment, now that they are mandated to stay they have become a drag and influence on the ones that remained. Why homeschooling is seen as an eccentric solution is beyond me, when it is becoming one of the few logical choices based on the overwhelming evidence available that public education is failing.