[jhawk28]

This is the most common myths about homeschooling. In reality, the kids at public school sit at a desk most of the time. They don't get to socialize. Most activities are structured. Homeschoolers have CO-OPs, field trips, weekly PE visits, real interactions with adults, and actual free time. They are the most socialized kids in the US. The diversity in the homeschool relationships is quite large which you can see when a homeschooler has discussions with adults while their public school peers just quietly talk amongst themselves.

[rozap]

Growing up, homeschool kids were absolutely weird as hell. Sure, some turn out fine, but it's very hard to do right, and requires parents putting their kids outside of everyone's comfort zone, which is... uncomfortable, so it rarely happens.

The homeschooled neighbor kid from a super religious family absolutely went off the deep end at 18. Many such cases.

[dartharva]

This ability to so confidently assert things from your own dreamland with no regard to the real world is amazing. Were you also homeschooled?

[ethbr1]

You're straw-manning the worst public school experience against the best possible homeschool experience.

> They are the most socialized kids in the US.

Bullshit. You know how I know? Because on average parents are terrible at exposing their kids to Things Not Like Them and Things They Don't Approve Of.

There are great homeschooling parents and crazy ones, but maybe it's not the worst idea to give kids a few hours a day outside their family-approved bubble?

Just in case it's the latter.

Or am I mistaken and all homeschooling in the US requires the child's consent?

[whiddershins]

How many conservatives do you socialize with regularly?

[next_xibalba]

> Bullshit. You know how I know?

<provides unsubstantiated and only tangentially related opinion>

People should be able to bypass public schools if they want.