One of the most well-adjusted 'kids' I ever met was 18, starting college, and came from a home-school environment. I, on the other hand, went to 'normal' schoo

One of the most well-adjusted 'kids' I ever met was 18, starting college, and came from a home-school environment. I, on the other hand, went to 'normal' school and was a fairly typical 'weirdo'. By the end of high school I had no friends left at the school and couldn't wait to join the navy and get the hell out of there. It was the navy that finally got the social akwardness out of me, not school. If anything, high school seemed to make it worse - the longer I was away, the better I got. Different things work for different people. Some people work very well under a homeschooled routine. Others do not. Do not tie your kid to one or the other for the sake of your ideology - go with what works for them. Experiment if need be.