Homeschooling's Socialisation Snobs

Posted by Ina Woolcott

‘Ask any homeschooling parent why they homeschool, and you're likely to receive as many different replies as there are families. Some of the common reasons include religious freedom, academic improvement, one-on-one tutoring and increased family closeness. But for us, the single biggest reason we school at home correlates to the single biggest criticism homeschoolers get: socialisation.

Yes, it's largely due to the "socialisation" children get in public schools that convinced us to homeschool. Homeschooling allows us to be socialisation snobs. We can filter out kids whose behaviour offends us. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, creed, nation of origin, or other such nonsense. No, we discriminate on the basis of morals. If your kid insists on talking about the number of boys she slept with in the last month, I really don't want her around my kid. Call me fussy.

It's been said that too many rats locked up together in too small a cage will soon start tearing into each other. Same with kids. Schools force children to associate with other children based strictly on age. They are locked into cages containing dozens of rats … er, kids with one powerless and overworked teacher who is expected to be psychologist, counsellor, nanny, babysitter and, oh yeah, teacher all rolled into one.’

Taken from an article by home schooling mum Patrice Lewis. To read more on why the lewis’ home school click and to read the full article click HERE