Children can't be socialized without school

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Children can't be socialized without school - FALSE

Children are born as social beings. Therefore, schooling is not
necessary to "make" someone social. Truth be told, whenever you
think about it, you cannot "make" a child do anything. Furthermore,
what do you call interaction with parents, siblings and family? This
is also social when you think about it.

There are many great joys to homeschooling. One of these is that
children tend to make friends with a diverse group of people from
all age groups and with a variety of interests. This is because
these children spend much of their time interacting within the
community.

Schools force children to be segregated by age group. Where else in
life are people segragated in this manner? No where. In fact, such
segragation creates the generation gaps that cause adults to
misunderstand children, and children to know nothing about adults.

So, stop and take a moment to think about the "socialization" of
school...

Contrary to "socializing" children, schools create a breeding ground
for isolated cliques to form, segregated by clothing style, music
style, popularity, money and status of personal interests. This
creates a hostage-like environment in which children have little
power. This then tends to breed a cruel peer culture in which
children vie for dominance and territory. Children who are marked as
being even slightly "uncool" (having the wrong hair cut, the wrong
clothes, unique characteristics, etc) by the dominant peer groups
are referred to as losers, and the harassment these rejected
children endure can be socially and psychologically devastating.

The Columbine School Massacre exposed the sobering truth about the
devastating affects of children who are rejected by their peers.
This doesn't mean that all children will turn to such
drastic "measures," but public school children WILL attempt to clone
themselves according to the peer culture. In contrast, homeschool
children tend to make friends with people based on internal
qualities and genuine shared interests rather than on outward
appearances and social group membership - something that is much
more important than the trivialities of clothing and music.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Reverend Brenda Hoffman has been delivering holistic health and
wellness advice for over 7 years. As a home-based professional and
mother of 1, she operates a holistic wellness and homeschooling
network. Learn to enjoy a healthier lifestyle and richer
relationships with your homeschooled children through the range of
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