Wrap up for the HomeEdders Socialisation Challenge.

This challenge was on that socialising question. I think nearly every homeschooling parent had had it. It certainly sparked some conversation in the comments.

@aurynthenorse is an unschooled student, so it was great to hear something from his point of view:

”As one of the children that do homeschooling I don’t know what answers are given to these types of questions by my teacher/mother @freemotherearth. I feel that the socialization that most kids get is not that great because the only people you see in public schools are the ones in your area, the chances that the other kids in your area have similar mindsets or interests only go so high. For my socialization I go to boy scouts. In doing so I am finding other boys with similar interests rather than just being around random kids in my area. It is out of the way to do so sometimes but it is worth it in my opinion. I think people worry about homeschooling children not getting enough socialization is because from a public schooling outlook at homeschooling it seems like there is none because the only socialization they think of is going to public school. Another way I get socialization is through a youth action group for the environment that my sister @cassidydawn, a couple of friends and I put together to help the environment. The name of the action group is Kids With Pinecones or KWP.”

@valued-customer’s sons are now adults, but that fear of them getting enough socialisation when they were homeschooled still cropped up in the early years.

“When I was raising my boys I wondered if they needed more 'socialization'. Then I would recall my own forced indoctrination in public school, and rejoice that they were not being subjected to what schools call socialization.
Bullying is not good for kids, and it's what governments do. Schools often encourage bullying, particularly in competitive sports. A great deal of what is called socialization by schools is actually being forced into a pecking order. As a child I refused to be subservient to jocks, or to scorn those they scorned. This was punished directly by those students, and followed up with punishment by the school employees, who beat me.
Abraham Lincoln grew up in a cabin in the woods. He may have chosen poorly when it came to brides, but no one thinks he was incapable of properly relating to his peers. My kids grew up in the woods, and became very popular with their peers, as well as with folks they worked for.
Maybe being put in prison with a cellmate could be called socialization. If it is, I don't want to see anyone's kids socialized. Public schools are just bigger cells, and offer more cellies. Homeschooler's kids are able to choose who they socialize with, and that's how it should be.”

If you haven't already read them, here are the submissions on the socialisation topic.

@andrepol writes, Coerced association is not socialization.
@trucklife-family writes, How will your children get to socialize?
@ownbubble writes, How do home educated children socialise?
@summertooth writes about thoughts on socialising.

Not an official entry, but @minismallholding shares How her homeschoolers socialise.

I loved every entry as always; there were some real thought provokers. It's hard to pick one over another, but I put myself in this situation so:

1st place is the submission from @trucklife-family with 5 Steem

and another 1st place is @summertooth with 5 Steem!

What can I say, we couldn't choose between them.

@ownbubble and @andrepol, thank you so much for your contributions, 3 SBI shares are awarded to you.

Two SBI shares each go to @aurynthenorse and @valued-customer for their contributions in the comments.

Moving forward, we'll be making a little change with this challenge and it will be more of a prompt to give content inspiration and trigger discussion. We'll be giving out SBI shares for the participants.

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