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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1054861" data-attributes="member: 41816">I have met several adults who were homeschooled, and they have all been exceptionally developed in the educational areas their parents valued, and very under-developed in areas that the parents were unequipped to deal with.  One woman was incapable of dealing with confrontation (I am talking about normal, healthy discussion, not massive rows), one young adult was incapable of sharing, or working with others... I could list more.I completely achnowledge that this is as much due to parenting, as it is due to education, but if that is the case, then having parents as teachers is likely to compound any issues the parents may bring to the situation.Having had to try and work with these (previously homeschooled) individuals, I am concerned that homeschooling can result in problems - not because homeschooling is wrong (it isn't) but because every body else is brought up within the school system, and receives lessons and socialization that allows them to negotiate adult life with a common language.  Having a range of teachers, good and bad, is as important as the social side of school.  Being at home with a single teacher can be incredibly limiting.  Homeschooling can mean other vital lessons may be missed.  For example, learning to concentrate when other kids are being distracting in the classroom, or having to speak up in front of 30 others, some of whom are hostile, not being the centre of attention all day, having to share resources and equipment...I have liked all 8 of the individuals I have worked with who had been homeschooled.  But every one of them has been challenging, and I think they found it challenging too.  A good friend of mine deeply regrets being homeschooled and says that she feels it robbed her of being able to be normal.  I would not wish a child of mine to go through that experience.   Sometimes, the most unpleasant aspects of school are the most valuable preparation we can have for the rest of our lives.</blockquote>

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