Dr. Laura on homeschoolingby Andrea Hermitt | More from this Blogger 22 May 2008 04:15 PM While I don't necessarily agree with everything Dr. Laura Schlesinger says, or rather how she says it, I was delighted this morning to receive a link to her blog this morning and a post she made on homeschooling. Dr. Laura's blog post was entitled, Home-Schooling Does Not Hamper Socialization. Now this is not a huge revelation, I have mentioned it many, many times. The fact that Dr. Laura took the time to put it in her blog, in a way gives homeschooling a bit more credibility, or it at least gives homeschooling families a reason to do little I-told-you-so dance. Her blog discussed a study that compares homeschooled college freshman to publicly school college freshman. Both sets of these students were in Christian schools. The students were evaluated on typical colleges issues dealt with in counseling centers. They are emotional, behavioral, social, and academic issues. The results were that... home-schooled students scored significantly lower on the anxiety subscale, while no difference was found between the two groups on the remaining scales. Additionally, there was a general trend characterized by home-schooled students reporting fewer symptoms of emotional distress and social problems, and achieving higher first semester GPAs. Perhaps it is time to stop beating the dead horse called socialization when debating homeschooling. Personally, when I am met with the question, on a weekly basis, I have completely given up stifling a little laugh and a great big grin. The whole debate is just laughable. If you read through Dr. Laura's blog, you will also find that drugging children and ADd/ADHD diagnoses are also a sore spot with her. In addition to Dr. Laura pointing out the results of this homeschooling study in an effort to refute the argument once and for all, she also states that "instead of drugging kids to be docile, perhaps we should turn to the successes of home-schooling." In another post regarding the recent California ruling against homeschooling she simply sums up the issue with this simple sentence. "So, a single case of parental abuse is being used to promote the certification of all parents who make that huge commitment to their children's education. Unbelievable." *Have a question about homeschooling? Just ask. * Have you seen the homeschooling curriculum glossary? Learn more about Andrea Hermitt  Andrea Hermitt is a native New Yorker currently residing in GA. She has been married for over 16 years and has two teenage children. Relevanthomeschooling tags User Comments jeannieisnew (75) 26 May 2008 08:26 PMInteresting...when I mentioned to a friend that my son was just not the type that "fit the box" of school, her first words were, "Have you tried medication?" Yeah, like I'm going to drug my barely 6 year old, because he has an imagination! I hadn't read Dr. Laura's blog before, and like you, I don't always agree with her approach, but boy, is she dead on about medicating children who can't and won't fit the expectation... Discuss this article
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