Home Schooling and Social Skills

Ok – so you have decided definitely about home schooling your child but then all your friends carry on about the social skills they will miss out on developing. What a load of ballony tell them!!  
  
Social skills is an area of deep concern when it comes to Home-schooling. Many critics point out that since man needs to hone his social skills, a Home-schooling environment where social interaction is limited is detrimental to his growth and development. But studies have proved this wrong.    

Children put into the fiercely competitive school environments lack the confidence to hold a conversation. Such children show little genuine interest in the topic of conversation and don't know how to interact with people of various age groups, especially their elders.  

Also – what about all the bad habits and anti-social skills – if we can call them skills – that your child may pick up from school?  The squabbling, the name calling, the bullying – need I go on?? 

Children who learn at home are more aware of the implications and the purpose of their learning. They will ask intelligent questions and make accurate observations. Children begin their life by imitating their parents. They are not going to be jeered or put down whilst at home. Home schooled children therefore pick up the sterling qualities they see in their parents. On the other hand, they are protected from the detrimental influences of their peers.  

These children are thus better equipped with the tools necessary to face the world. The positive reinforcement that takes place in the Home-schooling environment as opposed to being abandoned, embarrassed or ignored in a normal school environment strengthens their self-esteem. Children turn out to be better balanced and well-rounded as they progress into adulthood.  

If you actually cared to take the effort to time how much each child had one on one contact with there teacher in a day – you would be shocked. Share a standard lesion with 20-30 other students, by the time you take out admin time, rol calling, lesson delivery, issue and problem solving by the teacher – there will be little time left for one on one with your child. How much time do you give your child one on one whilst home schooling. Amazing hey!