I simply refuse to accept that schools or recess play somehow provide any sort of superior format for this. Dump your average kid into any sort of environment with kids roughly their age and they will play, a kid on a little league team is getting more than enough interaction. I've got this small herd of kittens now, and they seem to have figured out how to interact with each other without public schooling.



MY last cat, who I got shortly after entering homeschooling and who died last month at age 18, did not have other cats to play with, my sister found him abandoned at about two weeks old according to the vet. His behavior seems no different then the various kittens I have now or cats I had previously. Presumably he 'socialized' with me, and I'd guess if he was fine doing that with a creature of a different age and species, then kids can probably do fine without having regular interaction chained to a desk with thirty other kids of the same age.



Well, homeschool seemed to work for me and my sister, it may not be ideal for your average family with two working parents, but it seemed to work fine in my family with only one working parent, which is the norm for homeschoolers. Of course I only had the one parent and she was working more than full time and often attending college simultaneously, so I'm not sure we fit the normal 'one working parent' homeschooler stereotype. We just hung out with the neighbor kids, which I believe is the majority of most kid's socializing anyway, what with recess not exactly being allotted the majority of time in school schedules.



I concur, a child in public ed will receive some socialization by default. I'm not sure this is superior interaction, and I tihnk one has to propose some very rare circumstances to find a homeschooler who isn't getting just as much from a practical standpoint, and realistically many get a lot more. Homeschoolers rarely spend six hours or whatever sitting at a desk.