| I hate to say it but even with all of the gains that | | | | proud and most people with any doubts about |
| homeschooling has made in the last 10 years you | | | | homeschooling usually get jealous of their behavior |
| still get those looks of horror from some people | | | | after just one meeting. |
| when you tell them that you homeschool your | | | | Don't give these folks any fuel. As I said before |
| children. Many people will just never understand all | | | | the people that are not open minded enough to |
| of the benefits of homeschooling and the potential | | | | recognize the benefits are probably focused on |
| upside to your children. I am not going to argue | | | | the socialization aspect of homeschool. Arguing |
| and say that the there are not a lot of misguided | | | | probably isn't going to help your case. If joking |
| homeschool families out there but that is another | | | | things off doesn't work bow out gracefully but |
| story. There are also plenty of homeschool | | | | avoid regurgitating fact and figures or demonizing |
| families out there that are dong a great job and | | | | public school Like I said they aren't listening |
| raising children that will excel in the real world. | | | | anyway. |
| Here is how I deal with the obscene homeschool | | | | Remind people that this is how many people have |
| opposition. | | | | homeschooled in the past, this is nothing new it is |
| First I try to joke things off, I don't take it | | | | an extension of something very old. Many of our |
| personally because most people just don't know. | | | | founding fathers were homeschooled before |
| They have not given it much thought they are | | | | there was such a thing. |
| focused on the aspect that my poor kids are not | | | | I try not to let it bother me but I realize that I |
| being socialized. Most of the time it is easier to | | | | am pretty easy going in this aspect. If it bothers |
| avoid the conversation all together. | | | | you prepare some arguments and shut people up |
| I introduce my kids to people that think I am | | | | with them before they have a chance to feel like |
| ruining them and this usually shuts them up. My | | | | they have gotten the best of you. Homeschooling |
| kids are well adjusted and well behaved. They can | | | | is still not mainstream enough to be accepted by |
| talk to adults, strangers and kids of all ages. They | | | | the masses and there is always a resistance to |
| are intelligent and well rounded, they make me | | | | change, so don't take it personally. |