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The Socialization Question {Part IV}

I am constantly tempted {through a great swinging of my ideological pendulum over the years} to simply dismiss the socialization question. After all, I find a certain amount of weirdness endearing, and I admit that I myself become increasingly eccentric as the years go by. But the fact remains that Man was not created in isolation. He was given a wife to love, and, later, children to rear. He was designed to have dominion over every facet of creation. A Continue Reading…
May 15, 2006
Home Education
The Socialization Question {Part III}

Equivocation, I have learned, is a fallacy dependent upon a certain level of ambiguity. In other words, the fact that the majority of the population actually uses the secondary definition of socialization {which I mentioned in Part I as being, “To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable.”}, leaves the door wide open for mid-sentence equivocating on the term. The experts can “worry” about a child’s socialization, and leave the public thinking they are concerned about a child’s friendships Continue Reading…
May 13, 2006
Home Education
The Socialization Question {Part II}

I think I need to admit that the socialization question {as asked by the average person, not the academic “expert”} is asked because there are certain homeschooling families that are really odd. Sometimes these families are disliked because their community values conformity, and they just don’t fit in. In fact, I would say that conformity is often an underlying concern when the socialization question is asked. Will they fit in? Will they be liked everyone else? But I’m getting ahead Continue Reading…
May 12, 2006
Home Education
The Socialization Question {Part I}

Our son is finally getting to that age where people ask us about school. Usually, the question is concerning sending him to preschool, though sometimes it is more along the lines of private schooling versus public schooling. More recently, as homeschooling has gained in popularity at our church, the discussion has turned to where we will homeschool {as in, through a Christian school, a public charter school or by registering our family as an independent private school}, and whether we Continue Reading…
May 11, 2006