homeschool & socal skills missing out ?

Answer 1

Some homeschooled kids may be missing regular social skills and even may be behind academically due to how the parents homeschooled. However, people will only ever notice those because the homeschoolers who are just fine don't bring attention to themselves.

If a parent takes the time to provide social activities and to coach their child as needed, and also makes sure to stay on top of local curriculum if they have plans of sending the child to school one day, homeschooling works just fine.

I frankly see that most of the homeschooled kids I know are better behaved and more sociable than most public schooled kids I see. Heck, even better than some private school kids I had the unfortunate experience of being around at a local place. I swear, the parents felt that private school would straighten their child out, but it wasn't helping. But I digress.

What I see when we are out is that homeschooled kids tend to be more aware of what's appropriate behaviour and have more desire to act accordingly. Our homeschooling park day events are where I notice the difference most. Since we can't claim parks for ourselves ;) lots of other people are there, too. Homeschooled kids tend to interact with a wide range of people, often kids they've never met, and play well together whereas the other kids there are either rough or just playing with kids they know.

Not all the homeschooled kids are like that, but in general. I will also say that when we do have homeschool park days and somebody shows up with a child, grade 3 and up, they've recently pulled from school, the child is very anti-social, looking for someone the same age and in the same grade but still holding back because he doesn't know anyone. The kids I know who have been homeschooled from the start aren't like that.

Answer 2

It's definitelty situational. For those people who want to shield their kids from the world, you're just hurting your kids because they won't be prepared when they get out there and have to face it. But my siblings are home schooled and test well above standardized levels despite having been behind when my parents pulled them out. They are in several community clubs and activities that meet regularly, and have no shortage of friends. Their social skills are just fine! As for socializing in school, that's really not what school is for! School is for learning. Children shouldn't be spending their time socializing all day! During lunch and between classes is understandable, beyond that, should be saved for when school is over. Maybe if it were our nation wouldn't be filled with so many inept people!

Answer 3

Do you mean to ask if Home-school causes a child to miss out on social activities?

If so. The answer is no. My home-schooled children have more social opportunities than I had for myself as a public school student.

Children do not miss learning social skills by receiving their education at home.

Manners are considered to be good social skills are they not? Manners can and should be taught no matter where the child is at when being educated.

Social graces -- that's what my children learn.

Answer 4

Why should you think of that homeschooling will cut back your human beings skills? i understand one homeschooled teenager woman who coaches 3 or 4 days each week, trains in her sport 4 situations each week and nevertheless hangs out with acquaintances or chats with them on line. i do no longer see what homeschooling has to do with being a solid or undesirable theory in terms of social skills once you communicate approximately in basic terms how social you will possibly properly be by using homeschooling. in case you opt to do issues with human beings, you're making the time to do it. and actually, i think of homeschooling could be a diverse benefit to you--you will possibly properly be executed all your college artwork earlier different teenagers are even out of faculty after which you will bypass artwork or volunteer at some application for toddlers, like a boys and females club or some thing else, or get some sort of application going for homeschoolers. in case you have been in college, you will possibly in actuality purely be getting social interplay with different teenagers, which does no longer remotely resemble interplay you will possibly have with human beings youthful than your self. On ideal of that, you will possibly have much less time to do stuff with youthful teenagers.

Answer 5

Nope nope nope.

People do most of their socializing outside of school. Who has time to do any thalking or "getting to know you" inside of school? Students do most of their talking and meet ups on the bus home. And who rides the same bus? Kids who live in the same neighborhood. Therefore, most socializing is done OUTSIDE of school.

My children do ALL of their socializing in the neighborhood, at the Y, at the zoo, at the grocery store, at the library, at playgroups, at neighborhood sports....

And we don't have to worry about them being beat up for their Sketchers.

There isn't as much socialization in schools as they try to make out. If I remember correctly, you get in trouble for socializing in the classroom. You have the 10 minutes between each class. And that is usually spent running to the next class or in some cases, throwing together the homework they didn't do the night before.

My kids, the go to the park every day and meet up with all sorts of other kids. They know how to interact with all races, ethnicities and age groups.

How can a student in public school be better socialized than that? Students in public school spend all day ONLY with kids their own age. The only interaction with adults is learing how to take orders. Now, I ask you, when a person is used to spending time with ONLY kids their own age, how is that being better socialized? Someday these kids are going to go into the real world and have to deal with people that AREN'T their own age. I find that a lot of public schooled kids (myself included) don't know how to interact with people either significantly older or younger than themselves.

My kids do.

Answer 6

U may miss out if your parent/supervisor doesn't include social activities in your schooling. I don't think kids in schools are particularly great role-models anyway ...I would prefer the artists and scientists I met during my homeschooling to be my role-models.

Answer 7

no the children dont miss out on social skills. however my ds doesnt do "socal skills"!

Answer 8

No way. Homeschool is much much better. High school culture is crushing to a child's development, better to be out of the whole 'drugs, sex and boy/girlfriend' area for now.

Answer 9

hmmm... lets look at it this way

should a parent be held responcible if a child is homeschooled and doesnt; learn to socialize....? maybe...

but is the school held responcible when a child that is publically schooled doesn;t know know how to socialize? no way...

hmmmm.... think about it....

why aren't teachers and schools held responcible when a child is a bully, a deliquant, or is failing the grade they are in?

aren't we paying them to do a job?.... shouldn't a teacher or school or school board... be "reprimanded" or "fired" for not doing their "job"....?

hmmm....

Answer 10

yes, in the case of nuclear families and those parents who have no time for their chldren.
no, if we had the opportunity to stay in a large/ traditional/ joint families where there is enough scope for nurtutring social skills; unfortunately, we are losing it in India.