As a Grandmother with lots of toddler grandchildren, if one catches something now he or she gets treated as a pariah cause God forbid any child catch a cold. They get banned from school, banned from extended family visits, doomed to isolation. For frigging colds, and then the drama about “you exposed my precious child to illness” from the parents. WTF happened to normal childhood colds and flu….
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The problem with homeschool is that kids are not able to develop a strong immune system which depends on normal exposure to germs. The homeschool environment is great for other reasons, but is usually socially isolating compared to public school. I want my kid out and about all week, not sure one day a week would cut it for socialization. If not, then when they do go out into the public and do stuff like going to a water park, they get overly sick. That is what we are seeing with RSV. We just need to take our schools and country back.
Hi! Grown adult here that was homeschooled K-12, and pretty much everything you said about being “social” is untrue. We had MANY friends, co-op, church, sports and other activities that not only got us out of the house but also taught us social skills with adults as well as other kids. I was able to communicate with adults better than my peers could because I was around such a spectrum of people by being homeschooled. I started odd jobs at 12-13 and got my first real job when I turned 16. I was able to work the fun hours cause I was able to do the day shift since school work could be finished in an hour. The opportunity to start working young has given me the ability to think more responsibly as well.
Is the point of public school to socialize? Cause they spend a majority of their time doing the complete opposite :|
Ok I stand corrected!