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September 2017

September 11, 2017

What These Homeschool Moms Get Wrong About Socialization

I was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school, and I was told exactly this. And...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

Christian Homeschooling and the Battle of Peer Dependency, Part 2: Family, Not Friends

A Guest Post by Darcy. So lemme get this straight: tell a normal kid that...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Homeschool Socialization Is Not Extraneous

Not long ago, I read a blog post by a homeschool mom Lisa titled Saying...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Christian Homeschooling and the Battle of Peer Dependency, Part 1: We’re Not Exaggerating

A Guest Post by Darcy. Sometimes when homeschool alumni tell stories about the way things...

April 2015

April 12, 2015

Picking Things Up from the Culture, Homeschool Edition

If you're a regular reader, you may have noticed that, when speaking of my conservative...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

3 Ways Homeschoolers Actually Socialize Differently than School Kids

"What about socialization?" Homeschooled parents have been asked this question over and over again for...

December 2013

December 08, 2013

In Which Sally Talks to Adults

We'd only been at the get-together five minutes when I realized that my daughter Sally...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

Homeschoolers and Socialization: What Is “Fringe”?

When I write about the socialization problems I experienced as a homeschooler, a common response...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Homeschool Parents Need To Take Socialization Seriously

Whether they realize it or not, homeschool parents take their children's social development wholly into...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Homeschooling and the Parent-Child Socialization Divide

If the homeschooling movement today is going to mature, homeschooling parents need to be willing...

March 06, 2013

Homeschooling, Socialization, and Me

I was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school. For that entire period, the kids I...

January 2013

January 06, 2013

Homeschool Reflection: A Parent’s Perspective

A guest post by Northstar. I’ve been following your comments on homeschooling with avid interest....

December 2012

December 13, 2012

The Results of Homeschool Mis-Socialization

As a homeschooler, I was literally afraid of public school kids. I was only socialized...