Is homeschooling better or worse for children’s social development?

[Shawn]

Do any of you homeschool your kids? Were any of you homeschooled as kids?

Interested in hearing from you all.

Is homeschooling better or worse for the social skills development of children?

[Nomad]

A child can learn everything through home schooling except social skills. Due to Corona, we home schooled our kid for 2 years, and now he has a problem making friends.

[Wayne]

I wasn’t homeschooled, and neither was my son. He’s a very social kid, so keeping him at home would not have been a good idea.

Our neighbors homeschool their children, and while I completely understand their reasons (mainly safety and religious concerns), I’ve noticed that their three boys struggle in social situations. They get along well with each other, but they have trouble interacting with the other kids in the neighborhood.

[gwolf666]

It all depends on how well he is educated at home, it depends on what type of education we are talking about, it can be better or worse, since in terms of values and respect, it does start at home, but in terms of education such as mathematics, science I think it is much better at school, although nowadays with the internet you can educate a child very well from home.

[Shawn]

It all depends on how well he is educated at home, it depends on what type of education we are talking about, it can be better or worse, since in terms of values and respect, it does start at home, but in terms of education such as mathematics, science I think it is much better at school, although nowadays with the internet you can educate a child very well from home.

How about the social aspects?