What does the term "under-socialized home schooler" actually mean?

Question

What does the term "under-socialized home schooler" actually mean?

Answer 1

a kid who is home schooled and therefore misses the opportunity to develop peer relationships, and the skills necessary to develop them in the future. school usually provides these oppurtunities, this means that home schooled children may be at a disadvantage when they grow up.

Answer 2

I think it *actually* means someone who is not obsessed with pop culture and / or the negative sub culture of many public schools because they have more productive things to occupy their time and minds.

Answer 3

It usually means the person making the statement has not done any research on homeschoolers and socialization.

Answer 4

It usually means that the person making this statement has several preconceived notions about how humans socialize and have never actually bothered to learn the facts. Often it means that the child being referenced has his or her own interests that do not appeal to the person making the remark or that the HSed students manners and ability to speak to adults as an equal intimidates them.

Answer 5

It usually means that the person saying it thinks that there's some 'right' amount of social life that you should have and that the home schooled child in question doesn't have it. They might mean that the home schooler doesn't 'fit in' with the way that public school children behave, as if that was a bad thing (ha!). In rare cases the person saying it might actually mean that the home schooled child lacks a proper understanding of the rules and norms of the society in which they live, but that's more common with PS students.

Answer 6

One of the big arguments against home schooling is that kids that are home schooled miss out on much of the socialization skills that are learned by interacting with their peers in a normal school environment.

So, this termed is used to describe a child who is home schooled, and thus has reduced socialization skills and experience.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

It may not mean ANYTHING.  Does the person using it have any statistical data or any other kind of analysis to support the assertion.  Sounds like a weak attack on home-schooling in general, which doesn't usually stand up to objective assessment.  I guess if you never let your kids out to play with any neighborhood children, there MIGHT be some evidence, but it doesn't limit itself to home-schooling, if that were indeed thre case.

Answer 8

It  means the person using the term is an idiot.The people whom use this term.Most likely have no idea how home schooling works.They just make assumptions.For the record a child could spend its entire childhood in a regular school setting.And not talk to other kids or socialize with others at all.

And a child in a home schooling setting is no different.If you have an anti-social personality.It doesn't matter were you were taught.I have home schooled my 10 year old since kindergarten and he has no problem socializing with others.He has plenty of friends that he plays with on a daily basis.He is involved in a bowling league that is comprised of home schools.He gets lots of interaction from different places.In the state we live in there are 10's of thousands of home schools and I have had the pleasure of meeting several hundred of them and I haven't encountered not one socially inept child in the bunch.

Answer 9

Usually when people say this, they are saying that because a child is not with his friends all day in public school, he or she has not learned good social skills and ways of interacting with others.

I would disagree with that and say that some children have a tendency to be shy, regardless of where they attend school.  In addition, while some homeschoolers lack social skills, I would say MANY public school children lack good social skills.

I have found many of the public school teens to be rude, disrespectful and consumed with ipods, text messaging, etc.  I often see the opposite from homeschooled children.

Here's some information about homeschooling and socialization:

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/...

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

It means that they are'nt  learning how to deal with office politics ,you know cliques back-stabbing things of that nature

Answer 11

In essence, it is ignorance on the part of parents and teachers who have fallen victim to the propaganda which claims that locking kids up in a classroom all day is the only way to acquire social skills.

This, of course, is nonsense