Homeschool Truth, Homeschool Myth, Homeschool Fact

Some Things You Hear About Homeschoolers Are True, Others Are False

After reading yet another story about Home-schooling growing quickly in United States , I began thinking about the myths and truths, and facts about homeschooling.

Homeschooling MYTH: Homeschoolers are not socialized" and therefore cannot cope in the real world.

This could not be farther from the truth. First, the kind of socialization that the critics feel homeschoolers are missing is not necessarily healthy or desirable. Why would any parent want everything they have taught their 5-year-old child to be challenged by a group of 5-year-old children who may or may not have a similar moral compass?

The idea that their own peers should socialize children is flawed thinking, although such socialization has had obvious successes. For example, take a group of three children. The first child’s parents teach the fundamental Christian beliefs of one man, one wife, intelligent design of God, and to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The next Child is raised in a homosexual home where the parents have a basic belief that as long as they exhibit love they are doing great. Racist parents who believe they are superior to others raise the third child. When put together, the three children do have the opportunity to adjust their "extreme" values. With the three choices set before me, it is obvious that the child of the Fundamental Christians and the child of the racists will slowly over time adjust their viewpoints over time and come to agree with the ideals of the middle child. This is a huge improvement: some might think for the child of the racists. Some might think it is a huge improvement for the child of the Fundamental Christians as well. However, is this middle ground good for any of the three Children?

The example of the denigration of society says no. While each generation has become more and more racially tolerant, even loving toward other races, meanwhile this same lesson of tolerance and love of others has caused generation after generation to accept more and more of ideals that are at best, questionable.