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[quote=Anonymous]OP here:  my issue is NOT with homeschooling per se.  We know several families who do it, including family members.  Of those that we know, only one does it in such a way that as a non-HSing family, I'm jealous.  The mother treats it as a job and a responsibility, as do her boys.  They all take it seriously.  [u]Trips out are not loosely planned; there is no "unschooling" or following whatever a child is interested in and seeing where it takes you type of thing (oh you like Lego sets, read about Lego sets, write about Lego sets...oh now you like pancakes, want to learn about how to make a pancake?. [/u] The other families we know either unschool (more what I've underlined) OR they buy a curriculum for a subject and follow that loosely (as in, school is out after 8 months, each week is 4 "days" long of 2 hours of "work" each day only) perhaps with some cooping sprinkled in.  To the HS mom who is talking about how your kids are interacting in the real world with people, I mean...come on...really?  First, to the extent that is true, the non-HSed kids get that identical interaction after school, before school, on weekends, during the summer, etc.  It isn't as if they are raised in the bubble of elementary school and never interact with a soul other than inside their homes otherwise!  Second, when my kids are at a museum, they are generally interacting with me unless it is not self guided.  So unless you're usually having non-self guided museum trips, your kids are just being themselves in a museum, just like all kids would be.  (They are NOT socializing with the docent.)

I have seen some social issues with home schooled kids, some glaring, most not, other than a lot of clinginess.  Teenage boys holding their moms hands when they walk with their heads on their moms shoulders, type of thing.  Sure, a typical teen boy may do that on occasion...but the majority of the time walking or frequently when walking in public...nope.  So when someone asked why I asked the question, I guess it was because I don't want to say that I personally think bad of a homeschooler immediately because, as I said in the beginning, I think some families do an amazing, committed job.  [/quote]

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