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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
In that case...
Make sure your curriculum is secular. I'd hit up eBay for books. If you get Saxon math books and make your kids complete them, rather than stop 1/2 through, they'll be ahead of their peers.
Do you or your partner have an education background? That's key. My parents didn't, but my dad is basically Jared from the Pretender and channeled anything he needed to (especially high-concept math).
I was also pretty self-sufficient, which saved me.
My sister wasn't, and it really stunted her. She has issues she's still dealing with today (on top of being a goddamn millennial who was spoiled rotten by my folks).
Agree with Rausch on the social aspect. My parents made sure I had a variety of social outlets (travel baseball, home school support group, 4-H, Scouts, church group, etc). They let my sister do just one (dance), which also stunted her.
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All of this. My wife and I both have graduate degrees (she has one master's, I have two)....so that helps.
How well-adjusted home schooled kids are is a mix of the kid themselves, and the parents. I've known a few that are awkward (but I've know plenty that went to regular schools that were too), and I've known plenty that were fine, and many home-schooled kids who were much better informed and smarter than their peers (all of these were kids who followed a secular curriculum).
Sadly, I've known more assholes that come from the public school system than anywhere else. Same goes for critical thinking. I work in higher education and most of the younger students I see can't write papers, can't think critically for themselves, are selfish little pricks..BUT they can take a test and do well even if they can't do much else without being told.