I was wondering if you just wait around on your computer to get on Lennie’s case? It’s very apparent from your comments that you don’t enjoy his articles so I have to ask myself why you are here? This last comment really seems to explain it. Maybe you don’t fully understand what blogging is?! Had he copied down the WHOLE article, he would be infringing on copy rights. I KNOW that you understand this but you are pointing out his editing as to make people think he is hiding something.

To the rest of the readers… socialization issues has to be the number one question from those who aren’t familiar with home schooling. There are many home school groups, just in Lake County alone. We have developed many friends through them and other means too! Let me ask you parents to be really honest. The “system” says that socialization in public schools (it could be this way in private schools too) means… a diverse means of having friends and interactions. In other words, they think that we are sheltering our children. Parents… ask yourself what they word diverse means. Diverse means being subject to bullying, drugs, drinking, peer pressure, teacher’s that don’t get along with your kids (for one reason or another), a system that is intolerant to have religion taught in schools, you have to worry about your child being sick more than 5 days, and on and on and on.

My kids have made some great friends through public and private school. We still keep in touch but I can guarantee you that they don’t want to keep in touch with some of the “friends” that they made there. Let me ask you… during the summer do you have your children’s good friends over or do you make sure that the class bully has a play date with them? When the choice is given to you, you would rather have your children’s friends over but yet you have to release them into school to all of the “stuff”. Some you may never even hear about! God bless you guys… really I mean that. It must be hard to raise your kids a certain way and have them come home with stuff that you never intended them to ever hear if you could help it.

So please… the only people who are crying “lack of socialization” are the ones who are missing your children at school and the money that accompanies them. Bottom line.

I highly recomend your readers indulge themselves in the full article.