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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure a lot of parents who homeschool do a great job and get their kids involved in lots of outside activities.  What freaks me out about homeschooling is the very, very small percentage of homeschooled kids whose parents don't teach them anything, or whose parents are using it as a means to isolate the kids, hide abuse etc.  I am betting this is something like 5 percent or less of homeschoolers, but it scares me that for that percent, the kids are completely cut off.  [/quote]

But I do think that this is a very small percentage. I used to have a lot of the same prejudices people on this thread do re: homeschooling until several good friends of mine started to homeschool. They are highly educated families, politically liberal, in not so great, urban school districts.  Their kids are bright and articulate and completely normal socially--maybe a little on the sweet and innocent side, but with tons of friends and socializing opportunities. I also have a couple of friends from very religious families who homeschool and their kids are the same way, advanced academically, very social, successful in every imaginable way. All of these kids stand out for being more polite than average and most of them for being far more advanced than average. Maybe I have contact with an unusual crowd of homeschoolers but what I see is a diverse group of people whose kids are getting a much better education than mine are in a topnotch Fairfax County Elementary School. It is funny that many people make an exception to their views on homeschooling for children with special needs... I remember I used to say the same thing. However, the main reason I [i]don't [/i]homeschool is because I have yet another of these super bright kids with special needs who, I believe, really benefits from the constant and obligatory socializing that school provides. If he was a more typical kid all around, I might have chosen homeschooling.[/quote]

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