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All this proves is that my children get a better education and better protection from their mother than government.
Better protection for sure. Maybe you're really good at home schooling, but my aunt fucked my cousins up really bad lmao. But then again they didn't die in a shooting so maybe it's a win anyway.
Quick edit that I don't know your situation and your kids are probably totally fine. I was more bashing my aunt and shitty parents. Not the ones that do a good job. Sorry to seem so critical
2 of my half-sisters were homeschooled for religious reasons. Both ended up failing out of college because they didn't even have a rudimentary understanding of science, math, or history.
On the other hand, I know a guy who was homeschooled and, aside from us teasing him a bit about which sister he'd take to prom, he's perfectly normal and intelligent and had no problem making it as a radiology tech.
Everyone likes to poo-poo regulations as government overreach (and sometimes, yes, it is), but typically, they're just there to protect those who can't protect themselves (like kids who deserve a good education)
Yeah for sure. Like I wasn't trying to bash the individual I commented under. When it's working it's working. Only when it doesn't it's pretty bad. But then again that is a pretty irrelevant point for me to make since many kids make it through public school and are dumb as bricks. I guess it all just depends
Yeah, I didn't take it as you trying to bash, just expanding the convo a bit. I think the outcomes are very dependent on why the decision to homeschool was made and how prepared the parents are to actually educate their children. If you're doing it because you don't feel public schools are safe enough, I could get on board with that...my kids are in public school, and it's scary as shit sometimes. Our 7th grader had to deal with multiple lockdowns last year, and we live in a pretty safe area. If you're homeschooling because you don't want your kid's mind "poisoned" by basic science like geology or biology, or don't want them exposed to different races or religions, you're probably gonna end up with a young adult who isn't prepared to exist on their own in the world when the time comes and that transition into adulthood is going to even harder than it already is.
This is a really good point. It's definitely all in the reasons behind it. I'm really scared for my child to go to school but since I work full time there's no real other option. I would actually be able to teach some courses due to my education but also know I would be inept at others. Plus it's different to teach biology to people in college than to a 7 year old that's probably an entirely different ball game I would probably be bad at
Interestingly, my wife and I found that the Montessori and eclectic styles of education are the best choice for homeschooling. We mix the two styles. We allow our children to pick which topics (usually 2 per day) they'd like to learn and go from there. The following day they will choose another two topics so on and so forth. This is the Montessori form of education. Whereas eclectic style, that includes things like children's museums, gardening, farms, wilderness, zoos, arts & crafts and as of recent learning how to type and now my daughter who has heard piano is interested in learning the piano.
This gives a better idea as to what interests our children have so that we can help guide them with the least amount of friction. All in all, we want our children to have the best possible education and allow them to make their own decisions so that they're content in learning and growing.
Hey it's all good. Thankfully in my area there's a lot of activities for children to learn outside the home. Seems to be aimed toward children who are homeschooled, so my kids get to interact with other children. My wife and I get to make friends with people from our town and setup activities together. We've learned before we decided to get pregnant that the first 4 years of a child's life is crucial, especially when it comes to social interactions with their peers. So we put an action plan together to make sure we cover all the bases.
The only person I'm close to who was homeschooled currently is an Alex Jones wacko and would trust any weirdo YouTuber over experts on any given topic. So I'm not sure I'd get all smug about homeschooling as a practice.
The ones I know are so socially maladjusted they may as well be aliens. All because their mother, who came from Connecticut, didn't want her kids being exposed to black people.
That's really sad. Yeah the guy I know has no sense of boundaries, personal space or otherwise. I've seen him ask someone their religion within 2 minutes of meeting them.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted so much. You're family is blessed to have an awesome mother in it 👍
Some people see it as going against the grain. Or some people perpetuate the belief that all homeschooled children are socially awkward. When I come across such criticizations, I see my children as the underdogs.