Homeschooling prevents good social skills?

Question

I was homeschooled my last 4-5 years of school.

Personally, I disagree with the people that say it does damage to your social skills/life. I was a very shy girl and had a hard time talking to anyone when I was in school with other kids...as soon as my mom started homeschooling me, I was no longer around all the peer pressure of other kids and I was able to pretty much "find myself." Now I'm much more confident with who I am and actually am much better socially now then I was when I was in school with other kids. I personally think that homeschooling me was one of the best decisions my mom made for me. Plus I didn't have a ton of distractions and was able to focus on my studies more.

I am not saying that everyone should homeschool, because homeschooling is of course not for every child. But saying homeschooled kids struggle socially is a huge stereotype and completly false in many cases.

Answer 1

i agree with you!!!

my friend, stephanie, she was homeschooled all her life but in high school her mom made her go to school we are both freshman now. she has s00oo many friends, shes really popular. and she even gets the hot guys , shes not even extremely pretty.lol like one time this hot guy walked her to class and i was like "OMG how do you do that?" she said "do what?" i said "get the hot guys to walk you to class" lol. shes awesome.

Answer 2

Anyone who would say that homeschool kids lack social skills have not met my daughter!  If she could bottle her charisma and sell it, she'd be wealthy.

Answer 3

I am also agree with you. Home schooing children do the same things outside of school that public schooled children do.

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Answer 4

this is my experience

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Answer 5

home schooling made my social skills drop.

Answer 6

Homeschooling prevents good social skills...is the biggest load of bulldust I've heard since the one about how aliens are out there stalking the Nullarbor abducting little old ladies as they're on their way to the dunny at night!!

Homeschooling can only ever "lower your social skills" if you choose to lower them yourself. If you can only socialise with people by going to school, that aint homeschooling's fault (more likely to be the fault of all that time you did spend at school picking up the shonky belief about the place of school in socialisation!). That, or being reliant on spoon fed "opportunities" for socialisation.

It's up to you to get out and about and make the time and room for socialising (and don't fall into the trap of confusing having a social life/socialising with socialisation!) or stay home and be happy on your own. There's no reason why home educated kids should feel left out unless said kid is wanting to be alone/failing to use their initiative by getting out and meeting people.

Geez, if I can have a full and hectic social life living where I do (a 4 hr drive to the closest town & 65 kms from our closest neighbour) then I'm definitely not going to believe that any other homeschooled kid has any valid reason for feeling cut off from society/as though they're missing out on anything just because they're home educated...unless something inside them wants to cut themselves off from the outside world; in which case, I'd say "good on 'em" but that's personal choice and therefore no justification for whinging!

Answer 7

It's teacher union propaganda

Answer 8

I agree completely!

Answer 9

I agree with you.  What really makes a person socially awkward is a lack of confidence, and homeschooling is often the best way to build confidence in a child who lacks it.  Being constantly compared to others in school, having to do the "in" thing, wear the "in" clothes, and act "cool" are terrible for a person's confidence.

Answer 10

Amen!   I completely agree with you and my kids would as well.

Answer 11

I totally agree with you. Homeschooled children do the same things outside of school that publicschooled children do. Also they don't have the peer pressures of fitting in conflicting their studies!

Congrats to you