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I think I'd have the same question. I have a friend who coached a club sport for high school students. They said that they saw, over their tenure, over 100 hom

I think I'd have the same question. I have a friend who coached a club sport for high school students. They said that they saw, over their tenure, over 100 homeschooled kids come through their teams, and they can remember only a single one without significant social challenges. There are probably a few jobs out there that do not require the ability to interact successfully with bosses and peers, but I'd imagine they are few and far between. Looking at "success" in a given job holistically, I would be inclined to argue that "soft" or social skills make up a nontrivial portion of the requisite skillset.

nvahalik 7y ago
I guess that depends on what you mean by 'social challenges'. What are the expectations? We participate in a homeschool community which gives weekly (if not more often) opportunities for both structured and unstructured (i.e. play) social interactions. Balance this with home-interactions between their siblings, kids in the neighborhood, and folks at our church, they interact with a pretty big array of people, and we end up getting to work with them on issues a lot more diligently and quickly. Our group has a wide range of social skillset folks. From kids who are very hard-to-manage to visible gifted and talented people. IMO, the "problem" only exists if you, as a parent, don't get involved in the raising of your children.
- fossuser 7y ago
  I think in terms of time, weekly is a lot different than 8 hrs a day 5 times a week (plus more on the weekends or after school). In this comparison weekly is just the weekend piece. The cumulative time difference is dramatic.
  - malvosenior 7y ago
    The cumulative effect of wasting (more or less) 8 hours a day 5 times a week is also dramatic. You can work to improve the social life of a homeschooled child, improving the education of a publicly schooled child is a much bigger challenge if for no other reason than the amount of time they're "stuck" receiving a rote and mediocre (at best) education.

nvahalik 7y ago

I guess that depends on what you mean by 'social challenges'. What are the expectations? We participate in a homeschool community which gives weekly (if not more often) opportunities for both structured and unstructured (i.e. play) social interactions. Balance this with home-interactions between their siblings, kids in the neighborhood, and folks at our church, they interact with a pretty big array of people, and we end up getting to work with them on issues a lot more diligently and quickly. Our group has a wide range of social skillset folks. From kids who are very hard-to-manage to visible gifted and talented people. IMO, the "problem" only exists if you, as a parent, don't get involved in the raising of your children.

fossuser 7y ago
I think in terms of time, weekly is a lot different than 8 hrs a day 5 times a week (plus more on the weekends or after school). In this comparison weekly is just the weekend piece. The cumulative time difference is dramatic.
- malvosenior 7y ago
  The cumulative effect of wasting (more or less) 8 hours a day 5 times a week is also dramatic. You can work to improve the social life of a homeschooled child, improving the education of a publicly schooled child is a much bigger challenge if for no other reason than the amount of time they're "stuck" receiving a rote and mediocre (at best) education.