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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
This was always a concern of mine. However, actively homeschooling, I'd argue that the kiddos actually get a wider band of social interaction. They are engaged in a ton of different groups, activities, exploring tasks in an applied and interactive way with frequent "field trips." I was public school and I turned out fine I suppose. But I was a part of a small group with a small graduating class. While I cherish the bond built with my small group, I was exposed to the same small group of people day in and day out for a dozen years. My kids seemingly interact with many different people every week and are a part of way more "things" than I was as a kid.
Homeschooling isn't just sitting at the kitchen table by themselves doing a math problem.
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In Europe we do not really have a home-schooling ecosystem and in most countries it is outright illegal for parents to fail to register their kids with a public or private school.
I went to a public school also but had private tuition at home for math and physics. I applied the same system to my 3 kids(all three of them get the same private tuition at our home in math, physics and piano), except for my daughter who has also been in a private school for the past 6 years. We have now collectively decided that she will go to the boys public school next year as she herself asked, she is 11 but going 21.
I understand that for some locations(aka catchment areas) public school is not an option.