You're an ASSHOLE if you're not considering homeschooling at this point.

You don't think kids should be around others their own age?

I need a shirt with that saying. Ha ha. Love it! That is the number 1 argument I get anytime I mention that I homeschool my kids. People look at me in horror thinking that my kids need to be socialized and will be isolated and awkward. Not the case at all. They are polite, very outspoken, and get along great with other kids at all of the group activities I include them in out in the community. One difference I do notice is that they are more well behaved and have better manners and language than a lot of those other kids. My 4 year old lectures a neighborhood boy the same age when he curses. Ha ha

Last Edited by Triskele on 12/15/2012 02:52 AM

School should be about education and learning. Not about making friends. If a parent is a good parent, they will include their kids in activities outside of school where they can be socialized in a more controlled manner. Karate, dance, drama at the local community theater, art classes at the library, storytime group at the library, girl scouts, boy scouts, and so much more. Kids go to public school and are so caught up with the social aspects that they don't learn a thing other than a whole lot about drugs, sex, bullying, etc.

You have a good point there. I still think that children benefit from going to school, bullying is a big worry to me, and if it were to happen I would take my son out of school.
I went to a public school and although a lot of my friends were into drugs I stayed right away from it because I was shown at a young age what it can do to you, and if you teach your kids they will be able to say no too.

Home schooled kids average in the 84th percentile on standardized tests nationally. For those of you who weren't hom schooled yourselves, that puts them 34 percentile points above the average publicly educated sheep.

Home schooled kids graduate college more often and earn higher GPA's.

Basically, the average home schooled kid is as smart and knowledgable as the best that public schools can produce.

Universities have began to court home schooled children because they don't need to be force fed the material. They are self directed and don't need baby sitters.

If she's white, it's called catching up and I support her FULLY.

YOU GO MOM!

This is why we will fail as a society.

Good points, man.

Sorry about that. One can get defensive at times on this site.

Keep it up! You're doing a fine job.

And sacrifice.

Most of these people are so adamant about protecting their kids to the best of their ability and in the same breath tell them to hurry up and get ready for school.

Absolutely ridiculous and mind numbing logic.

And that is why you have failed your children as their parent.

Give it time, you'll remember this conversation.

If both of you have to work, you're not living within your means.

Well it's obvious now who was brought up in the public school system.

A rhetorical question is one that doesn't require an answer because the answer is obvious.

Those were questions that were looking for an answer because the answer is not obvious, not to you at least.

And they fill that entire 8 hours with absolute bullshit and utter nonsense that doesn't serve anybody after high school.

Their minds are literally filled with totally useless information for 8 hours a day. whew.

What a smart post.

My outlook on this subject exactly!

Good for you mom!

Maybe they do, maybe they don't.

But you certainly don't need a public school system to expose them to other children.

Funny how that is the typical programmed response, eh? It's akin to "you can't believe anything on the internet" bullshit programming too.

I have yet to find where all of that came from. It's a ridiculous assumption yet it's the go to response every time.

lets just sweep this problem under the carpet and homeschool instead, yes?

:shitsream:OP

You can't be serious. Do you really believe that's what's going on here?

And oh yeah.

fail

You've never been homeschooled.
I was homeschooled until 5th grade, and the poster you quoted is CORRECT. We are not learning anything useful in public school, but when I missed out on communicating with peers at a young age, my social proficiency suffered. It took me years to be able to hang out in normal groups of people outside of school consistently and flow.

Look. If you homeschool your kid they are going to be and feel "different," and if you public school them, they are going to be raised just right for the society they are being rammed into.

THE SOCIETY IS THE PROBLEM.

That's some serious mental gymnastics right there.

No, certainly not exclusively, because that is almost always detrimental to children.

Homeschooled kids are able to interact with all ages, young to very old . . . you won't find that to be the case with public schooled kids because they are more restricted, age/peer-wise, and thus, don't have the skills to interact with a broad age range.

I believe your perception that hs children are "withdrawn, shy and too sheltered" is because they are generally more polite and considerate and therefore not obnoxious and pushy, they have a better understanding of respect for others, and are often quite busy with academia and creative pursuits.

Nailed it!

Don't view homeschooling your own child in terms of $$$ "pay" . . .

You get to teach your child right from wrong, bad from good. You get to instill proper values and manners into their character. You can allow your child the freedom to think for himself/herself and explore all forms of art and music and religion and philosophy. You can teach at any time, day or night, an hour here, a few hours there. You get to spend quality time with your child and you don't have to worry that he/she is being pressured into smoking pot or guzzling alcohol or having sex with peers and perverts. You can take a break whenever you want to go outside or go for a walk or to a museum or art gallery. You have the choice to involve your own children in creating a curriculum and keeping records. You get to do what every parent SHOULD do, which is teach your child, rather than handing them over to strangers to do it for you. And you have the ability to give your child something the school system and society does not - moderation.

All THAT ^^^ and more is how you are a "paid" homeschooling teacher.

ALL benefits of homeschooling that you won't get anywhere close to in a public school setting.

That pretty much covers it.

go die bitch

I don't agree that public school kids cannot interact with all age groups at all. I love picking my son up from school and hearing all the fun things he did with his friends and all the things that he has learned that day.

Manners come from the parents before they even enter the schooling system. I say they are a little withdrawn and shy because they don't talk or play with any of the other children, especially the older ones. This is just my opinion and I believe every parent has the right to chose what they want for the kids.

I do have a question though, how many hours do you spend a day teaching your child at home?

Public school education. ^^^

Perfect example.

4 hours maximum per day for us. We are more into unschooling though. Look it up.

Sometimes nothing at all and they STILL are leaps and bounds to their public school equivalents.