Franco I wrote a whole long treatise (in the comments) about homeschooling and social skills over on the post titled How to Get Started Homeschooling part 1, so I won’t repeat it all here. Short version: my boys spend time with kids their age almost daily. They get a good balance of exposure to other kids without getting too “exposed” to other kids. They just finished football, they’re in Scouts, take piano lessons, and participate in church activities.

I agree that some kids have social difficulties but I would attribute that to personality much sooner than I would to homeschooling. I was downright AWFUL socially well into adulthood and I was publicly schooled all the way through.

Currently my boys are happy to stay home. They see the benefit of getting work done in less time and being able to pursue interests as they wish. I’ll try to get their caterpillar mansion photos posted next week. It’s huge! If they wanted to go to public school I would let them. Reluctantly, but I would allow it and support them completely. I’m not sure what you mean about library environments…we spend time at the library every week checking out books (we currently have 32 of them out) after piano lessons. It’s part of the school day.

I’m always interested in discussing schooling options. How was your education growing up?