Yeah - I wanted my kid to learn to socialize with other kids. I sent her to public school for 12 years. When she never got the hang of it we learned that she has ASD. It’s possible many of the homeschooled kids you’re meeting wouldn’t have gotten those schools in a public environment wither. Correlation does not equal causation. |
You’re right I’m sure- hence the stereotype of homeschooling kids are “weird”. |
Oof I meant “skills” and “either.” Anyway - yes. They can be weird. For all kinds of reasons. Like all kinds of humans. Humans are weird. |
Of course. Everyone is different! But the OPs question was why is there this stereotype that homeschool kids are “weird” and you pretty much answered it. Because many of them are on the spectrum and that’s why they are homeschooled, because that environment is easier for them (as long as it’s feasible for their parents) |
Being in a regular school requires kids to develop social skills. as a matter of necessity to manage relationships with peers and outsiders. Homeschooling them denies them this opportunity to develop those social skills. |
Homeschooled kids develop social skills from dealing with adults all day. These are in fact superior to the social skills developed as a result of dealing with other kids all day in the warehouse of bullying, cliquishness, and immaturity that is regular school. Try again! |
Let’s say you’re correct. That’s how you end up with a 9 year old who prefers talking with adults as opposed to kids when at a playground- hence, why the kid is considered weird by others. Answering “why are homeschool kids considered weird” |
Then why can’t homeschool kids easily make friends with other kids that live near them, if they have superior social skills? (Generalizing of course) |
This is PP. I am correct, and yes, that is exactly what homeschool kids are considered weird. |
Defensive fundie back again? No, their social skills are not superior, they are not even on par. This is one major reason why people think homeschooled kids are weird. Because this is the exact thing they lack. |
Setting aside what is and is not "superior" - those are abnormal skills. The vast majority of children are socialized all day in what you call this "warehouse of bullying, cliquishness, and immaturity that is regular school" For good or ill, that is the case. And the 10% of kids socialized differently will be different - "weird" compared to the other 90%. |
Homeschoolers want to have it both ways. They think that any kid that goes to a regular public school is damaged by the hideous environment at those schools, and that, of course, their kids will be different than kids who go to regular schools. But if you point out that homeschooled kids are, in fact, different, they get on their high horse about it. |
And you are basing yours on decades old information from a tiny subset of kids. Homeschooling is now millions of kids, so your stereotypes are outdated and irrelevant. |
This makes me laugh, because homeschooling was and is still not common among LDS church members. Until a few years ago, there was a lot of social stigma within the church against homeschooling because it is considered a rejection of societal norms and hierarchy. Or maybe you mean fundamentalists who practice polygamy, who I would not consider part of the "Mormon Church." |
I think if you read through this thread and substituted the name of any other group, you would be pretty shocked at the level of insults and ignorance that abounds. I think all socially normal people would be offended by the comments. It is also ironic that real homeschoolers can say virtually nothing in the DCUM Homeschooling Forum because of the prevalence of people like this, who with virtually no knowledge of homeschooling, constantly hurl insults or demand increased regulation. Get your own house in order before trying to police others. |