Do you wish you were homeschooled? Are you homeschooling your kids now? Do you plan to homeschool in the future?

  • @ree@lemmy.ml
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    92 years ago

    Witout proper socializations and it will have an impact on the child. Diversity of experiences are important.

    • @electrodynamica
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      62 years ago

      Diversity of experiences are important.

      Right, so send them to public school where individuality is homogenized out of them.

      • @pingveno@lemmy.ml
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        42 years ago

        I’ve never particularly understood this criticism, at least for my school. Elementary school was a little like that because we had the one main teacher, but by middle school and high school we were being encouraged to try out different things. And that was just before magnet schools were a thing in my school district. Now my elementary school shares space with a Spanish immersion school and my high school has a special arts magnet program. It seems like kids are being encouraged more than ever before to explore their individuality.

        • @electrodynamica
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          52 years ago

          Sounds like your school district is better than 80-90% of the districts in the US.

      • @ree@lemmy.ml
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        12 years ago

        Depends where. But yes a public school system will tend to decrease individuallity in profit of the collective, I don’t see it as a bad thing. It’s just different.

    • Catraism-Stalinism
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      62 years ago

      easy, Homeschool groups. I did it all the time. You sign up for specific groups that have a curriculum and set field trips and play dates for kids to learn and socialize, without having to deal with the american schools system.

    • Amicese
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      42 years ago

      Then encourage (but don’t force) the child to socialize with the outside world.

      • @pingveno@lemmy.ml
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        62 years ago

        Honestly, being forced into socializing with other kids was one of the best parts of my education. I have trouble getting motivated to plan things with friends, so k-12 and college were wonderful for building friendships. I haven’t necessarily continued those friendships much, but they were a great gift.

        • @QueenLilac@lemmy.ml
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          12 years ago

          Not all of us “enjoyed” being forced. You need to encourage healthy social skills on their level and in a way they are comfortable. Forcing oftentimes leaves the more socially inept people having issues of anxiety or bullying.

          • @pingveno@lemmy.ml
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            12 years ago

            Point taken. I realize I was lucky in the area of bullying. Either I never was a tempting target, my school didn’t have many bullies, or both. Looking back, I think some people tried to bully me a little and it flew over my head. Kind of hilarious in hindsight.

            • @QueenLilac@lemmy.ml
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              12 years ago

              Probably a mixture of both factors you listed are what happened. Though, I’m glad you didn’t have a lot of bullying. Bullying is so bad for mental health long and short term