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This is a popular rebuttal against homeschooling, but isn't correct. "homeschooled children’s social skills scores were consistently higher than those of publi

by 0xy 3y ago

This is a popular rebuttal against homeschooling, but isn't correct. "homeschooled children’s social skills scores were consistently higher than those of public school students" [1] Additionally, the "socialization" of US schools features violence, abuse, drugs and bullying as staples. [2] [3] [4] [5] Anecdotally, I saw multiple stabbings, serious injuries, fights, vicious bullying and more occur throughout my school life. [1] https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED573486.pdf https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED573486.pdf [2] https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13052-019-0669-z https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13052-... [3] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-children https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-ag... [4] https://www.unicef.org/protection/violence-against-children-in-school https://www.unicef.org/protection/violence-against-children-... [5] https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=49 https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=49

kitsunesoba 3y ago
It’s not just socialization I’m talking about, though that was an issue too in my case (in college and early adult life I was awkward and socially inexperienced in a way nobody else around me was). It’s also exposure to people from different backgrounds and walks of life, exposure to different points of view and ways of thinking, street smarts, etc… homeschooling kept me in a tiny bubble that became apparent when I started talking with people on the internet and especially when I went to college, and it would take many years to remedy the resulting utter cluelessness about the real world.