tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post7509846620559840633..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Homeschooling and SocializationStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-83582340890338319392009-09-10T02:47:29.645-05:002009-09-10T02:47:29.645-05:00I'm sure access to resources, including time a...I'm sure access to resources, including time as a resource, is a contributing factor to the public school children's reactions to manipulating materials. Scarcity is the culture in public schools, after all.Oriental Rugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120273186923204870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-83734028907467508602007-03-08T09:54:00.000-06:002007-03-08T09:54:00.000-06:00Socialization was one of the main reasons we homes...Socialization was one of the main reasons we homeschooled our children. We did not want them to be socialized by their peers into the dominant values of our culture. Instead, as Christians, we wanted them to be socialized into Kingdom values. This did not entail isolation from the broader culture or society, but a safe place from which one could learn and in which they could live.<BR/><BR/>The study you quote is completely believable.Richard Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787755397416393855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-64539296545516746332007-03-08T07:50:00.000-06:002007-03-08T07:50:00.000-06:00We don't homeschool our kids, but in conversation ...We don't homeschool our kids, but in conversation with friends who bring up the "socialization" objection, I always point out that socialization per se is hardly necessarily good. You can be socialized into both virtue and vice, after all.Michael Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10987298276951380726noreply@blogger.com