That is the number one complaint or question of concern about homeschooling children that the parents get. It is so repetitive that it does get annoying especially when you stop and think about it for a little. When this is the best reason for attending public schools, then these next few points should really be thought about.

Of the top 5 reasons why parents choose to homeschool their children is because of socialization. Here are a few questions to ponder:

1. Being unsocialized would require the child and parents to live in a place where there are no people to come into contact with or to socialize with. How many homeschool parents and kids are hermits living in the Himalayan mountain range? None, they live in the cities like you and me.

2. Since most homeschooled children live in places with populations ranging from 50-10,000,000 people, wouldn’t it be rather obvious the child will be forced to interact with other people?

3. There are places called the park and the library.

4. Girl / Cub/ Boy Scouts, church groups, Sunday School, or any team sport are not an exclusive public education only but they include all children.

5. We have these silly people in our lives that go by a special term. Neighbors.

6. So what would you call it when lots of homeschooled kids get together weekly for an event or preplanned meeting?

7. Do children really need to be subjected to peer pressure to do drugs, sex, and be part of the “in-crowd”? Or would a child be better off tackling those issues after they have matured and are well grounded in who they are?

8. What does going to the Prom mean to life outside of school except for having an expensive dress that you’ll never wear again?

9. Since when is having to discipline your child for bad behavior picked up from other kids a good thing?

10. Perhaps some parents want the responsibility to raise our children with a solid value system and not have some Curriculum Director force the values of insulting Christianity, programming you to be materialistic, selfish and valuing the opinions of murderers, rapists, torturers and slave traders over Civics, the Founding Fathers, morality, respect and honor.

I could go on but I probably do not need to at this point. Those who homeschool do so because of a variety of reasons with the leading two being the failing of the public schools and the desire to have our children learn how to socialize in a constructive way.

Thank you,

Anah