Home educators socialize with each other frequently and regularly. Children learn to get along with and make friends with individuals of various ages from babies to seniors. Some alternative programs in public schools attempt to emulate a large family by having multiple ages in a classroom. This idea tends to only work with small numbers. When school children are typically trapped inside educational institutions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., most recreational centres, and public centres like museums, and art galleries are almost empty.
Most cities have home education associations that families can join.
A large city might have a Christian group, a Catholic group, and an everyone else group. Anything is possible if someone sets it up. The children socialize at all these activities. The people wanting more religion in their childrens' lives tend to purchase complete curriculums. Quite a few of these people are Creationists and do not want any textbooks containing fairies or vampires.