My kids are unsocialized, by some people’s standards. Socialization, not to be confused with Socialism, seems to be of the utmost importance to people who don’t homeschool, have never homeschooled, or would never consider homeschooling. The definition of socialization, from Dictionary.com: There you have it. Socialization is nothing more than
My children must be isolated from the Real World.
“You must homeschool because you don’t don’t want your kids to live in the real world.”
This has to be the hardest statement to combat with a total stranger. I mean, think about it. The person obviously has their own preconceived ideas about homeschoolers. When they see my children and I out IN the Real World, it doesn’t even occur to them that the traditionally-schooled children are the ones who are kept away from it.