Effects Of Socialization And Homeschooling

Socializing While Homeschooling Homeschooling is increasing in the United States. Between the years of 2003 and 2012 homeschooling in America increased from a 2.2 to 3.4 percent, and it continues to increase. Many parents are deciding to homeschool their students because studies show that “The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests.” (Ray) Homeschooled children are achieving better academically but many miss out on one key feature to life, socializing. A couple ways that this could be fixed is to make kids go to public or private schools until 2nd grade, after that they should be in other activities that require socialization, and finally slowly ease

During these years I spent most of my time at home. If I finished my schoolwork early, I would go play outside with my siblings. I spent most of my evenings going to my activities such as football, baseball, or taekwondo. I also went to many homeschooling group meetings where I got to meet and talk to many other kids. Even though I spent so much time outside, going to activities with other kids I felt that I had very little amount of friends. Even though after all this time spending with other kids and I never fully knew them. My activities offered very little time to actually talk to the other kids making it difficult to make friends. Since I barely got to talk to these kids I felt awkward when I went back to public

It has been proven in many cases to be better academically, and with many standardized test in modern society, it can be better for the kid. It is bad for the kid also because they may be missing out on the key factor of socializing with people their own age. A 16 year old homeschooler got his first job. He got along with his co-workers fine and worked well. He met new people and socialized with them perfectly, but the parents noticed a difference. When he came home from work he was asking for tattoos and piercings. He even asked to get his hair dyed. This can be normal for many teenagers but this kid never asked for these before. He felt that he needed to fit in with his own age group, and since he had less experience with socializing than most teenagers he felt like this was the way. This a just one example of a teenager, and just any kid that had trouble fitting in after homeschool. It shows that homeschooled children need more than just their parents, and maybe a couple of activities to fit in with a larger crowd. Another example of a person who has been under socialized is Victor of Aveyron. He was a feral child; believed to be abandoned by his parents in the woods. He was the age of 12 when he was found and they believe he was on his own for many years. He couldn’t be fixed because he had no one to interact with. Victor living all the way to the age of 40, never learned to speak and never fully developed his socializing