It's not facts, it's just your experience of homeschooling.

I suppose its like this: If your child is home schooled, its the responsibility of the parents to make sure that the children socialise. WHich means they need to be involved in activities, with kids their age, in sports, or other activities, like going to summer camp and stuff. Or just in the community itself. So if the child is able to do all those things, I dont think its a problem.

As far as I know, there is one good thing about home school kids, is, they dont suffer from peer pressure. So they tend to be less likely to get in trouble with drugs, alcohol, sex etc.....

So there, I hope thats better for Twilight!

Yeah i Agree with that Wildcat.
They do need to be put into doing things outside education especially sports..

If you think about it kids run around and play a lot during playtime, lunch time and p.e class. and then some do things after school.

Im sure its easy for someone who is home schooled who doesn't take part in any activities outside to gain quite a bit of weight.

Obviously it does depend on the diet but generally someone isnt going to be eating an extra healthy diet at that sort of age.

It mostly depends on the circumstances but if everything is proper, then I see no problem with it.
By proper I mean, the parent having a teaching degree or something of that sort, the child going to some sort of a club to fill in the social side and a lot of neighbourhoods in America are surrounded by kids so the child would naturally make friends with them.
But I do agree that school helps to learn manners and general day-to-day basics in life.

To save quoting the world and his wife, the majority of my friends are from school... yes, they live in my village, but if I was home schooled, and they went to school, they would be SO much closer with each other than I would be with them... that's my personal opinion, like it or lump it :)

I had the option of getting homeschooled but chose to go to school.
In my opinion it was the best choice I ever made, I had the best last couple of years in school and made friends for life...had experiences that were amazing(A Ski Trip). I think it depends on your circumstances though....each to their own...