If you’re already homeschooling, or are thinking seriously about starting, sooner or later you’re going to hear it: “Aren’t you afraid that your kids won’t get the proper socialization by not being in a public school?”

Your friends or relatives who make these statements are usually well-meaning. They think that if kids are not interacting with a group of their same-age peers, that they will somehow miss out on developing social skills.

Well, think about this for a minute. When was the last time you heard about POSITIVE peer pressure? It’s usually just the opposite, isn’t it?

It’s a sad scene to watch yet another young person that has committed a crime, stand before the judge, while his or her attorney explains that they “just got in with the wrong crowd, and that he was a victim to this bad influence.”

Being around adults who demonstrate good manners is far better than being around peers who don’t have any. Where did we ever get the crazy idea that the best role models for our kids are other kids the same age, and that they should learn their behavior from them?

Manners and good behavior are best taught at home in a loving environment with positive role models rather than in the public schools where negative behavior is encouraged by peers.

When your child is ready to go out into the world, find a job, and assume adult responsibilities, she will already be properly socialized by having learned to interact with adults at home. He will have better manners, and will be able to speak intelligently with members of all age groups.

And they can be a part of church groups or other organizations where they’ll have plenty of opportunity to make friends and interact with their peers in positive ways.

All of the social skills development that they will supposedly be missing out on by not attending public schools are much better taught while homeschooling. So let’s dispel this socialization myth right here and now.

Not only that, you can actually teach them from The Bible without fear of being in violation of the phantom doctrine of “Separation of Church and State”, which is nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution. Imagine that…

But that’s a subject for another time. Don’t get us started on that now or we’ll be here all day.