Hello everyone, for this topic from the Hive Learners Table, I don't think I will want to homeschool my kids without them having to have interaction with other kids, because I feel and I know that school is a good place for children to learn, If I homeschool my kids they will only be limited to what I give to them, which isn't the best, Yes I want them to learn and socialise so they can turn out smart while doing life with other kids.
And let me explain why I feel this way because it is not just a random opinion, It comes from actually thinking about what children need beyond just academics.
Even if a parent is well educated and very determined and even knows how to play, a child sitting in a classroom with thirty other children is learning life skills, how to navigate people, how to deal with those who don't like them, how to work in a group with kids not selected by themselves, how to speak up in front of others, how to lose a game and still come back the next day, how to make friends from scratch, these are life skills and they are learned on the playground, in the classroom, in the school corridor not at a kitchen table with only a parent across from them.
I think about what kind of adult do I want my child to be and I think that this adult has to know how to function in the world outside of me, where there are going to be a lot of other people with different personalities, different backgrounds, different ways of thinking, and I think that school provides a practice ground for that.
Now I understand the argument for homeschooling, I genuinely do, there are things the government curriculum does not cover that parents wish their children could learn, there are environments where the school system is not good enough or safe enough and a parent makes the decision to take over, I understand that, in certain situations homeschooling makes complete sense and I would never say it is wrong across the board.
But for me personally, in my own life, with my own children, no, I would not choose it as the primary option, the control it gives me over their education is not worth the social development they would be missing, children need other children, they need to argue and make up and fall out and reconnect and figure out friendships in real time, that shapes them in ways that sitting at home with a parent simply cannot.
What I would do instead is stay involved, know what my children are being taught, have conversations at home that go beyond what the school covers, fill in the gaps myself through discussion, through books, through exposing them to things that make them think, you can supplement what school gives without replacing it entirely.
Send them to school, let them learn, let them grow, let them struggle a little with other children and come out better for it, that socialization is not a bonus, It is the whole point.
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