08/08/2025
Sharing the love with lil’ friends 🥰
“what about socialisation” is the #1 query homeschoolers will get.
It’s always the greatest concern of people who don’t know homeschooling, and it’s one I freaking love to answer.
Human beings are geared for connection, we will seek it out at every opportunity, healthy or otherwise.
Even those with deep relational wounding will find places to fill the need.
Socialising is outside of our reasoning conscious control, it’s a biological driver, honed through years of needing others to survive.
The only thing you need to do with children is to give them the opportunity to make it happen.
It could be argued that homeschooled children are largely more rounded in their socialisation, because they’re out and in the world meeting and conversing with a huge spectrum of people.
Elderly, middle aged, shop keeper, baby, petrol station attendant, librarian, friends of parents, kids they meet at the caravan park.
I have spoken to so many new or homeschool curious folk about this super common fear; and as flippant as it sounds, please don’t worry.
Your kids will do what they are designed to do without very much, if any interference from from.
Maybe they’ll be the soul of the party and have friends dripping off of them.
Maybe they’ll have a couple of ride or dies.
Maybe they’ll have friends for life.
Maybe they’ll do what most of us do, and mix up their relationships depending on the chapter of their life.
Social skills are innate.
Teaching your kids to learn who they are, without a need to conform to fit in and make friendships which don’t actually fill their bucket……
Now that’s the gold star standard. X