Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative

Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative by cmdrfred on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:18PM (#13090401)

I don't think this effect is at all unique to children they are just less subtle about it. Bullying causes lots of negative effects but I can't say its worse than growing up without the skills to handle adversity.

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Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative by philwelch on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:50PM (#13090698)

To whatever extent childhood is training for adulthood, navigating school popularity and politics is training for navigating politics at work and in adult communities.

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Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative by cmdrfred on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:01PM (#13090789)

I was bullyed a lot. Poor kid with cheap clothes that were too small. If I wasn't as headstrong it would of been crushing (headstrong in public school = ADD when I attended). Perhaps the solution is to find ways to give real positive praise to kids instead of trying to remove every single negative reaction they might have.

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