Heaven, I was like you. Lol. When I first met dh I lived next door to a very very intelligent guy who had been homeschooled in a very strict family. He was gay, but had a lot of trouble coming out to his friends because he had no exposure to anyone who would accept him, he had no idea that his friends would be perfectly fine with it. I felt really sorry for him, knowing how sheltered he had been all his life. I thought all homeschooled children were weird. Intelligent, yes, but weird. I remember arguing with dh (then just bf) and declaring "children need to go to school to be well socialised".

Lol. Now I hear those exact words and all the arguments I used to use and I have to laugh. After years of learning more and more about education and getting to know my own children, watching them learning... My attitudes and beliefs have swung right around. I realise my old beliefs were based on a total lack of understanding and gross generalisations. As if the life of one home educated child applies to every single home educated child out there. Ha-freaking-ha!