Homeschooled?

Question

I'm homeschooled, so I was wondering how I could make more friends?

Answer 1

look for someone your age (make SURE they are the age they say) and just see if they wanna chat.

and allow people to at least E-mail you.

Answer 2

Talk to your Mom about getting into a homeschool group. Make some new friends at church, or try to make friends around the neighborhood. You could also try to join a club or sports team. Just get around, I am homeschooled and I am not in any kind of support group but I have no trouble finding friends!

Answer 3

Find as many homeschool groups near you as you can and see what kinds of activities are going on. There may be just general recreational stuff like swimming, bowling, wall climbing, regular get-togethers, parties, etc.; there may be lessons set up, clubs or more. Your parents may have to pay for membership for some of the activities.

Where to find these homeschool groups? Start with doing a search for

yourstate homeschool

and

yourcity homeschool

both online and in Yahoo Groups.

You should also look into city recreation guides for more opportunities for activities designed for kids your age, consider taking up a sport or sports lessons, theatre stuff, volunteering, Scouts and more. There is so much out there you could do--you just have to go do it.

Ask your parents for some help in finding more things for you to be involved in. You don't have to do it all!

Answer 4

Well, what are you doing to make friends now? I don't want to recommend things you are already doing.
What are your interests? I'd say pursue those first and meet people in the process. Be ready to really put yourself out there. Be the first one to start the conversation. Be confident. Don't wait for an invitation, be the one who does the inviting. I found out recently that a women I respect very much waited and waited for me to call her up and include her in some of my social outings. She was new to town, has more money than me, is a writer and artist. We have surprisingly, alot in common even though are lives are so different. We'd have had a ball together. But I was intimidated and never called her. I found out later that her first year here in town was kind of lonely and she worried that as an outsider, she might never fit in. I feel so stupid about that now. She said she missed her own group of friends so much that she cried a couple times. She ended up thinking I was kinda snotty. I wish I'd have handled that differently. Fortune really does favor the bold. Don't be discouraged easily. People lead busy lives and sometimes as an adult it takes my friends an I several tries just to get out together for a movie! My husband's friends are even harder to tack down. It must take them 50 emails to find a date and time when they are all free to play Halo.
Good luck! I'm glad you are active in organizing your own social life.

Answer 5

Go out of the house.

Sounds funny, but no joke.

Go to the park, the library, the theater, or wherever you like to go and say hello to people; you'll usually find people of like minds in places you like to be.

Volunteer in your community; you can meet a lot of people that way-- the library, Habitat for Humanities, park clean-ups, soup kitchens, theaters, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

Get involved in activities outside your home-- community center classes, library reading or writing groups, co-ops, classes at museums or botanic gardens or science centers.

Just get out in the world-- homeschooling is such a misnomer, it can be so unlike school and rarely needs to take place at home.

Answer 6

Join a 4-H club, church youth group, or some sort of club. In 4-H you can pretty much do whatever you're interested in and make a ton of friends doing it. Church youth groups are awesome too! Mine alway had some cool stuff going on...we met up every Tuesday night for three hours, played insane games, and did small group time. We also had bands, drama, and outreach stuff to do. The youth group went to two camps every year plus a mission trip in Mexico! Just get involved in something and be friendly to other people, you'll make friends!

Answer 7

im homeschooled too, and i go to church and i have a ton of friends there, i went to a homeschooled girl scout troop for awhile, and i belong to a homeschool group in my area. so just you and your parents do some research about getting you into some groups and stuff in you area. it may not be fun at first, but once you make some friends, its a blast!

Answer 8

You've just got to put yourself out there wherever people are/wherever things are happening in your town, shire etc.

Volunteering
Sports clubs
Drama groups
Music school
TAFE
Working parties
Dance groups
Swimming
Venturers
Young Farmers
Pony club
Film clubs
Art groups
Book clubs
CCF
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Get a job
Sailing
Canoeing
Outward bound groups
SLC.....

....Just depends what your interests are and what you enjoy/reckon you might enjoy. Once you start thinking about it though, the list is practically endless (lol!).

Try checking your local newspaper, library, notice boards, website etc if you're not sure what is happening close to you.

Answer 9

Well... for a "girl friend" you need:

- sugar and spice and everything nice.

For a "boy friend" you need:

- snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

Just joking... when my son was about 5 y.o. he tried this experiment and tried to create a girl. It didn't work.

How does anyone make friends? Get involved in things that interest you and you will meet people who are interested in the same things.

Answer 10

By getting involved in your community, volunteer work, church and youth group, or by attending social activities, like joining a club, 4H, a bowling league, it's your choice.

I never understood this question much, you make friends by simply going out, and talking to folks.

Answer 11

You can go to a co-op. It's sort of like school, only you go one to two times a week. It's really fun!