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The majority of questioners ask about something much more nebulous than scouts or Sunday school. The words are the same: What about socialization? However, they don’t want to know what you do so much as where your children will stand when they mature.

Now when The Question is posed to you, and you truly understand the query, you are free to answer the question instead of providing a few fluffy comments or blindly running through your after-school itinerary. (Or telling the person to bug off, which is also an acceptable response.) The question is really How will your child fit into society if he doesn’t go to school? The answer, of course, is that your child fits into society just fine.

Your child learns from you and the other adults and almost-adults in his life. He gets a much better view of how life really works because he isn’t incarcerated with a selection of age-mates all day long. Your child sees wisdom at work as she watches you plan and complete tasks, interact with people in your community, and schedule your life to get (almost) everything done. She learns your values and morals as she listens to what you say and watches what you do. In the meantime, your child learns to

 Interact with the people around him, regardless of age, sex, or social class.

 Observe and join adults in conversation that includes more meaningful topics than what the latest cute junior-high boy wore to school.

 Work with others as a team for longer than an hour on the playing field. Working together becomes a way of life with homeschool students and parents.

 Spend concentrated time and effort becoming good at a skill, such as dance, engineering, or computers.

This is the kind of interaction that leads to healthy, independent citizens.