04-30-2009, 11:32 AM
Vllad Wrote:Why can't you do both?
I think home schooling removes the single most important factor in raising well adjusted kids.
Competition. Children need to aquire ambition in large amounts in order to apply anything they learn properly. They need to be in enviorments where they fail, succeed and compete.
They need dodge balls thrown at their heads, they need organized sports, they need passing and failing grades, they need to fist fight, pull hair, show agression, remove agression. They need to learn social skills (good and bad) and I just don't see how you do that with home schooling.
Why can't you send your kids to a public school and when they get home you spend your evenings giving your kids additional eductaion? Whats wrong with spending 3 to 4 hours every evening increasing your kids education? Plus they can learn their social skills in public school and all that goes with it.
Vllad
I agree with this. Need to learn you cant always choose who you will work for, be around, etc. Homeschooling is baby'ing them and sheltering them from the real world.
My sister drives her middle schooler to school because they have to ride with high schoolers. He's already told her 'mom, there are alot of bad kids at school'. But he already knows whats right or wrong and there are consequences at home if he doesnt heed what hes been taught.
[should not have shot the dolphin]