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12 Post author: PhilGoetz 17 May 2013 04:32PM

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Comment author: bbleeker 20 May 2013 11:02:09AM 7 points [-]

IMO children being socialized by each other is one of the problems with schools. It's surprising most people turn out as well as they do...

Comment author: MugaSofer 20 May 2013 09:12:56PM *  -1 points [-]

Apparently someone did an actual study to see if homeschooled kids were poorly socialized. They weren't.

I don't think they checked for antisocial behavior, just social skills and, I dunno, maybe friends? It's been a while since I saw it.

EDIT: Actually, I think there was a note about homeschoolers being less vulnerable to peer pressure, however they measured that.