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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
what about the social development of your kid? i knew a couple of homeschooled kids when i was younger, and let's just say they didn't respond the best in social situations
and extracurricular activities aren't enough. one of those kids i knew because he was on my peewee baseball team. the kid would focus solely on the game, never talking to anyone unless they spoke to him, and always the one sitting by himself quietly if the team went to Denny's or something
your kid might not end up being the next great genius by going to public school, but i'd wager they'd become a more balanced human being over homeschooling. i might look into some private schools to see if there's something that would fit your needs
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Well, you've hit the nail right on the head for our greatest concern, and the biggest reason we are considering this rather than having made up our minds.
Our son already has difficulty relating to other kids his age, he relates to adults much better and that scares us a little. My wife and I see both pretty introverted as well and have a pretty insular existence, although it works well for us. We are trying to come up with a way of creating that social development that you refer to and know it would be tough, especially with the way we ourselves are. The ideal may be for our son to go to a school like Westmount or to a GATE school, but there's no guarantee of admittance to those programs even with a psychological assessment denoting giftedness. Ironically the biggest thing I'm concerned about is that my son never develop the poor work habits I had after never really having to push myself to get through school.
An alternative is a program that the CBE runs that apparently allows you to homeschool half the day and have the child in a school program the other half. It sounds like it would be a logistical nightmare, but would probably be a decnt compromise to encourage social development and teamwork traits that might be lacking in a pure homeschooling scenario.