To a little extent, I agree with you. I was entirely homeschooled, and I was (and still am) somewhat socially inexperienced. The greater part of that is due more to my own solitary nature, though -- I'm a/. reader, after all.:) My sisters were also homeschooled and are extremely outgoing, and even I'm not a complete loss. Most people wouldn't guess any of us were homeschooled, and are surprised if we tell them.
We also weren't exclusively stay-at-home kids. If you want to homeschool your kids, I think it's a great thing to do, but you need to join it with other groups. If you can find a bunch of other local homeschoolers, set up a group for friends, field trips and other excursions. If your kid is interested in airplanes, the military, or search and rescue, you might have a local Civil Air Patrol squadron with a cadet program. I also believe that schools are supposed to allow you to participate in sports and other school activities...good luck on that, if you even want to.
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To a little extent, I agree with you. I was entirely homeschooled, and I was (and still am) somewhat socially inexperienced. The greater part of that is due more to my own solitary nature, though -- I'm a /. reader, after all. :) My sisters were also homeschooled and are extremely outgoing, and even I'm not a complete loss. Most people wouldn't guess any of us were homeschooled, and are surprised if we tell them.
We also weren't exclusively stay-at-home kids. If you want to homeschool your kids, I think it's a great thing to do, but you need to join it with other groups. If you can find a bunch of other local homeschoolers, set up a group for friends, field trips and other excursions. If your kid is interested in airplanes, the military, or search and rescue, you might have a local Civil Air Patrol squadron with a cadet program. I also believe that schools are supposed to allow you to participate in sports and other school activities...good luck on that, if you even want to.