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Re:Not school or homeschool, but modular learning by chromatin on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @11:06PM (#27768089)
Fascinating reading. We have two school age children, and two who are not yet school aged. We would like to home school, but have the same concern others here have articulated (and other HN posters have answered, partially) regarding socialization.

One concern I have is that an oft-given solution to socialization is "church," but we are not religious and do not plan to become so. This limits options somewhat, and also makes us unlike (our perception of) other home-school families.

Would be glad to hear other suggestions from others who might have had this experience (i.e., being non-religious homeschoolers).

Re:Not school or homeschool, but modular learning by 6f8986c3 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:15AM (#27768418)
Are you not religious, or anti-religious?

If you just don’t religion, a small, local church might still be a good call, proving they’re amicable. Your kids are going to learn about religion one way or another. Look at this as an education into what religious people are really like.

Re:Not school or homeschool, but modular learning by em-bee on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @11:27PM (#27768194)
boy/girl scouts, sports classes, music, any other extracurricular activities that you can send your kids to can help with socialization.