Dr. Raymond Moore, author of over 60 books and articles on human development, has done extensive research on homeschooling and socialization. His book, The Hurried Child , should be in every homeschooler s library. Children often do not respond well to large groups. They become nervous and over excited by noise and too many people. Learning becomes difficult.
Behavioral problems develop.
Peer pressure is enormous. Kids feel like they need to look and sound and be like everyone else, at the risk of forgetting or never discovering who they really are. This results in rivalry, ridicule and competition hardly the environment for healthy socialization. She knows she s a part of a family unit that needs, wants, and depends on her. The result is an independent thinker who isn t influenced by peers and is self-directed in her actions and thoughts.