The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling
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Socialization may well be the single most important aspect of education today. With high and rising rates of divorce, drug abuse, youth violence, alcoholism, teen promiscuity, and so forth, we cannot afford to let this issue go unexamined.
To cling to the idea that what we, as a culture, are doing now is the right and best way for all children simply because it is what we are used to is to shut our eyes and minds to other possibilities--possibilities that may well afford greater happiness, success, peace, and safety to our own children.
At a time when people feel more disconnected than ever before, we cannot afford to overlook or allow ourselves to be blinded to an option which offers great benefits, including a rich, fulfilling, and healthy social life, that our children may well need for the future. Homeschooling offers great social benefits to kids and parents. And when we understand them, our children are the ones who will win.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.042
EAN: 9781600651076
ISBN: 1600651070
Label: Mapletree Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Mapletree Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 262
Publication Date: 2007-07-30
Publisher: Mapletree Publishing Company
Studio: Mapletree Publishing Company
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Summary: An Easy Read for those curious about Socializing their Kids in a Home School Environment
Comment: Kudos to the author for producing an easy to read book addressing one of the biggest "objections" to homeschooling, and that is the ubiquitous question..."But what about socialization?"
The author challenges the reader to consider just what type of socialization is best for children. In this book, the author addresses a number of misconceptions about home education and socialization in general. She includes direct quotes and portions of author conducted interviews with real home school parents and students. Some of the issues covered include:
* Peer contact vs. peer dependence
* Family and Community based socialization
* Family time versus the cycle of detachment
* Bullying and safety
* Citizenship and civic involvement
* and much more.
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Summary: Informative and reassuring
Comment: I have been thinking about homeschooling my son, and this book reassured my decision. This book is very informative, and entertaining with the anecdotes and real advice from homeschooling parents and their children. I highly recommend this book for anyone thinking of homeschooling, or anyone who is homeschooling. Not only does it reassure you that you are doing the right thing socially for your child, but also gives you ammunition to defend yourself when others will bring up the "socialization" question (and they will ask).
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Summary: Repetitive!
Comment: If you've never picked up a book on homeschooling and don't know anything about it, this book will do an adequate job of explaining the "socialization" concern over homeschooled children. If you don't "get it" after reading this book, then you never will.
But for me, who is in the midst of researching homeschooling in general and whether it's right for me and our family, this book was like taking a club and bashing it repeatedly over my head just in case I didn't get the main point the first 351 times the author said it.
I did get a few good points out of the book, thus why I gave this 2 stars (2 stars to me means "It's OK"), but I'm beginning to wonder if there are any homeschooling books that don't take a Pollyanna approach to the whole thing. I want to hear it from someone who isn't afraid to "get real".
That aside, this book is a bit too long and didn't give as much helpful insight as I thought an entire book dedicated to one topic would provide. Wouldn't you just like to ask some of these families how they dealt with socialization for the reluctant child? How 'bout socialization for the family on a budget? Etcetera.....This book fails in the area of application and is just one extremely long winded account of how great homeschooled kids are socialized and here's the list of things you can do....and here the list is again.....oh, and here the list is again.......well, you get the idea.
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Summary: Excellent resource for those considering hs'ing, as well as for nervous relations of newbies to the lifestyle
Comment: This is a very interesting book, and makes some really great points about the general, as well as the specific, benefits of homeschooling. I'd say I agree with 100% of what she had to offer - IF the homeschooling family is living in an urban/suburban area where there are numerous homeschooling families who are open-minded and inclusive. My area doesn't have that benefit (mostly exclusive Christian groups), but even so, we've had a fine time during our 11 years of hs'ing, and haven't felt deprived of any social experiences from the public school arena. Quite the opposite, in fact, as we enjoy the freedom to take daytime art and dance/gymnastics classes, visit the library during slow hours, etc.
I'm glad someone has written such a lovely and cheerful book that I can recommend to folks considering homeschooling. Everything she says has solid studies to back it up, with her notes in the appendix to help you track it down. Good job, Rachel! It's a great read, and I highly recommend it.
And for anyone wanting an excellent example of the quality of teacher currently in the public schools, from whom we've sought to escape, just read the only 1-star review here, written by a ps teacher. He's posted the same irrational rant on every hs book on Amazon.com that he can find, according to some of the comments below his rant. It gave me a good laugh, and confirmed for me that I did well to keep my child away from such muddied-thinking folk!
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Summary: Thorough, informative
Comment: This is a very thorough and well-thought-out book, covering just about every aspect of the "socialization" question that anyone might bring up, and many that I had never thought of, including questions about "real world" experience vs. school experience; the desirability of (previously) homeschooled students on college campuses; learning good citizenship through homeschooling; and many more. I especially liked the stories told by parents and children of all ages, in their own words.
There are ample citations, many from respectable sources. There are, however, some weaknesses in Gathercole's research. I'm not sure she was thorough in her fact-checking. One researcher is introduced as "A man whose name is Dr. Montgomery . . ." I'd say her writing is somewhat flat, though for me the subject matter was of enough interest to keep me reading to the end. It didn't thrall my MIL, however. She barely cracked it before quitting, and she was the main reason I bought the book.
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