social issues of homeschooling

One of the most prevalent arguments regarding home schooling children is the social issues relating to child development. Children need to learn social skills at an early age. This is very important throughout their lives. The best time to teach a child anything is when they are young. Their minds are like a sponge and they absorb everything weather it is dirty words they hear their parents saying or a foreign language they learn in school. The same hold true for developing their social skills. Children need to fit into society as productive adults some day and childhood is kind of like their training for that. If a parent chooses to home school a child especially right from the start and that child has never stepped foot in a classroom, I think it could have a detrimental impact on their lives. The parents think they are doing a good dead, and of course every parent knows what’s best for their own child, however, I really think that a child should get an education in a classroom. I also feel that most of the time, a child who has been home schooled will either return to school or be placed in a classroom for the first time. Either because of the parents financial situation or because the parent needs a break before they lose their mind. As we talked about before homeschooling a child takes a huge amount of dedication and a lot of planning and money. Once this child goes back to school, how will they react to their peers? Even if the parent could meet all the childs educational needs could they realy meet the child’s social needs? I think children need to be around other children their age. It is vital to their development. Children need to start separating from the parents and the home. School is the perfect place to do this. They are around other kids their own age, kids they have things in common with. They will quickly develop their own thinking process and start finding their identity. Everyone must be an individual, unfortunately most of the world follows eachother around like sheep. That is another important leason to learn but that is probably another paper….Anyway, a child comes to the classroom for the first time, thinking he is the center of the universe, because he has had one-on-one attention form his parent/teacher. Of course the parent/teacher role has been blurred, so if the child didn’t want to do his work at a certain time he probably didn’t have to. Well everyone knows that a classroom is a very structured and disciplined environment. What happens when this kid dosent want to his work with the rest of the class? He will be punished if this contiues he will be labeled a troublemaker. What happens when the school bully picks on him on the playground. Is child going to have the ability to adapt accordingly? The friendships and/or enemies a child creates during his years in school are just as important as learning to read and write.