How to Homeschool and Deal With Socialization: a HUGE Misconception!
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2024
- Join Josh and Annie as they discuss the mentality that homeschool kids will be "unsocialized", or weird. This is a question we've gotten countless times, and today we'll share our thoughts! Join our free private members group: join.heartwaymembers.com/
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We have been homeschooling our children for 18 years, and the most common question we get concerning our kids is "aren't you worried they won't be socialized?" We aren't concerned about this, because we choose to lead a social life interacting with other people, and we also encourage our kids to step outside of their comfort zone and try new things so that they don't remain awkward or "weird". Plus, preparing a child for the "real world" means teaching them how to communicate with people of all ages, not just those in your age group, as in the environment of a public school.
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Annie and Josh thank you so much for this ongoing discussion. You are the only ones who are telling all of it and I love it. Looking forward to even more. Thank you
Very interesting! Having gone through public school and being the "weird", unsocial one, I find it interesting that folks have these perceptions about home schooling. Found it all very interesting.
I home schooled my youngest through high school and he is so much more knowledgeable and mature than the kids I run into who were in public school. He got a great education and was ready for college if he chose to go. He is very social and can talk to adults and younger people. He is very understanding of those with disabilities and I am very proud of him. I think the difference between home schooled and public is that home schooled kids get a wider range of learning and growing without sitting in a classroom.
Great talk! So wise how you helped Jesse. Seeing his need to branch out. We homeschooled our kids too. We saw many overprotective parents who handicapped their kids.
I’m an Aussie and I homeschooled through most of high school 9-12 because of my disabilities and I had an easier time socialising with the other students in my class through homeschooling then when I was at school. I was bullied excessively and violently being tipped out of my wheelchair and such. And my autism makes me very self motivated and without all the distractions and bullying my grades went from d and e’s to straight a’s
Fascinating perspective, and from people who have so much experience doing it! Thanks guys!
I didn’t homeschool till my fourth son was in junior high. Wish I did all four of my boys. But our youngest is the most social.
Couple things for me, I'm a single Mom of 1 boy with ADHD, ODD and Autism traits. Since the 2020 pandemonium our school now has online learning as an option. However, my son has always had trouble relating to and having friends his own age. I'm sure we could get him a great education at home, but he is behind in social skills. I have seen him grow in that area and I really feel that he needs to navigate social situations daily. If I was privileged with marriage and multiple kids that might be different, we'd have a mini society at home.. just something to think about...
Homeschooling allows for quickly realizing that a child isn’t picking up or having trouble with a concept and putting more time into helping him one on one before he gets so behind. In your case , if it was a younger child, you could also ask an older child to help explain it in a different manner that might Make it easier to understand. It allows for constructive criticism and encouragement.
In public school I hated that there were smart kids and kids that didn’t do so well. Everyone in class knew who they were. That created a stigma to discourage the underachiever and create a situation for him to be made fun of. Bullying is so prevalent in public school.
It all depends where you live...I live in a small town with hundreds of kids ...2 blocks from park...have trampoline...and go to church...4 blocks another way is a diner and karate studio....
I'm connected so is my kid.
My insight on the Difference between Homeschooled kids & Public Schooled kids when they are in the same room together is Homeschooled are GROUNDED and EXHIBITING LEADERSHIP SKILLS , Public School children are Wanderers/Followers with many empty expressions as though they are lost in the wilderness with no direction. IT IS SAD TO WATCH most Public School Children who are more robotic than human, Non- structured-go to sports-eat out fast food-take a shower-perhaps do homework (the same homework the whole class is doing) dress like everyone else look like everyone else with hoodies or heels whatever is "IN"", empty minded of the direction they will go after graduation. LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE, NO PROBLEM REACTION SOLUTION ABILITY/FOCUS INHABILITY. BIG BIG DIFFERENCE in homeschooled children and Public schooled children--Public School-they don't have the BONDING TO PARENTS unlike homeschool children do with Mom and /or Dads when homeschooling. Homeschool grows Family Roots so the Family Tree Branches will be strong and not breakable during storms in life, public school is planting annuals with root systems that die off every year making the public school child family tree weak when the storms of life are upon them. Public school is a "FAD" HIVEMINDED Community, Home School is a GROUNDED Rooted Structured Skilled Community. In my opinion. Sincerely, a homeschooling Granny. P.S. I will remind folks that your childs' 1st Teacher is their parent or guardian--keep it that way!
Illinois has wonderful homeschool guide lines. I’m curious how are you going about getting your daughter a “high school” diploma? I’m currently in the process of my homeschool 8th grader coming into high school. And everyone has asked why I’m not sending her to public high school so she can “get the experience” or for her to receive her “diploma”. Also I’ve been criticized for not having my kids take the ISAT’s. From my understanding homeschoolers in Illinois are not required to do so.
We got the "why aren't you in school?" today.😁
Question - can a homeschool family with only 2 children still thrive?
When our kids were little, my husband wasn't on board. Major obstacle so we didn't.
Most moms say the same thing as you do, but my husband and his siblings were homeschooled and they were all “homeschool weird”. The mom couldn’t see it tho and to this day says they are totally normal. I’m curious why don’t you ( or homeschool moms in general)go ask the prior homeschooled kids ( now adults)how things could have been different for them , as moms won’t ever on purpose raise their kids where they miss out on certain things as we all love our children. ❤ I love your video’s and thanks for posting .
We are all different. It's okay to be weird. If put in public school, they would of been weird public school kids.
Of course we are all different but my husband and his siblings ( and countless others I know) have faced struggles because of this issue. My goal isn’t ever to point fingers, it’s more to ask those who have been there how their lives could have been easier since ultimately have have the experience of going through this.
I'm sorry, I "met" a home schooled boy, on an airplane, when we went on a vacation once. He seemed very mature, but VERY odd. He almost didn't know how to talk casually with me. He kept looking at his dad like, this feels weird should I be talking to this lady? If I knew then what I know now, I'd say he was being trafficked. Just weird.