Misconceptions About Being Home-Schooled

There can be misconceptions about being home-schooled. One of them is that if a child is home-schooled, they will not develop the same social skills as they would if they were in public schooling. The term “home-school” generally tends to translate to some as a “school at home”, where your only friends are your parents. While it may seem that children in public schooling get more of a social environment, many children who are home-schooled attend events outside of home. They are generally not deprived of social events. Children who are home-schooled develop the same social skills as children in public and private schools do. Some people may tend to think that if you have your children home-schooled, they will will not develop the same social skills as those who were enrolled in public schooling. This misconception usually comes from the idea that the children are in the house all day without any social activity. Being home-schooled is not like being on house arrest. Children who are home-schooled are not secluded from society. Where could the idea that children who are home-schooled are social awkward? Where in their childhood would they not have social …show more content…
There are a number of articles which record interviews of individuals who were home-schooled and how their transition from home to places such as high school or college were, providing an insight to their actual social development rather than the stereotyped perceptions. Most of them are positive and say that they have no problem making the transition. Furthermore this information provides that even though a child may not receive education in a traditional school setting, their social skills do not suffer from a lack of exposure to others within their age