Socialization of children...

I found this interesting. Society seems to be so interested and 'concerned' about the socialization of our children if we homeschool. Many people are against homeschooling or worried about doing it because they feel that their kids wouldn't get 'enough proper socialization'. Of course if any of you know me...I don't want my kids getting the kind of socialization that seems to come with going to local schools near me. No. Thank. You.

"The family endures because it offers the truth of mortality and immortality within the same group. The family endures because, better than the commune, kibbutz, or classroom, it seems to individualize and socialize its children, to make us feel at the same time unique and yet joined to all humanity, accepted as is and yet challenged to grow, loved unconditionally and yet propelled by greater expectations. Only in the family can so many extremes be reconciled and synthesized. Only in the family do we have a lifetime in which to do it.

ATTRIBUTION: Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century), U.S. editor, writer. Family and Politics, ch. 2 (1983).

And this:

The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It represents a child’s initial source of unconditional love and acceptance and provides lifelong connectedness with others. The family is the first setting in which socialization takes place and where children learn to live with mutual respect for one another. A family is where a child learns to display affection, control his temper, and pick up his toys. Finally, a family is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.

ATTRIBUTION: Marianne E. Neifert (20th century), U.S. pediatrician, professor and author. Dr. Mom’s Parenting Guide, ch.1 (1991).