> I've known a handful of adults who were homeschooled, and most of them have turned out very poorly. They basically are walking time bombs: quiet and obedient through childhood, then they get out of the house and explode.
I don't doubt your account of a handful of adults, but the research seems to point to the opposite conclusion:
> Homeschooled children are taking part in the daily routines of their
communities. They are certainly not isolated, in fact, they associate with—
and feel close to—all sorts of people. Homeschooling parents . . . actively
encourage their children to take advantage of social opportunities outside
the family. Homeschooled children are acquiring the rules of behavior and
systems of beliefs and attitudes they need. They have good self-esteem
and are likely to display fewer behavior problems than other children.
They may be more socially mature and have better leadership skills than
other children as well. And they appear to be functioning effectively as
members of adult society. (Medlin, 2000, p. 119)
I know nearly innumerable homeschoolers, they regress to the mean like any other group, but they also have far more hyper successful outliers.
There are a number of people I know who transcended the station of their birth but I know a disproportionate number of homeschoolers who did from an early age per capita.
All bets are off if the homeschooler is insularly religious. Has a kid at a young age or they became "homeschooled" because they were kicked out of every regular school for extreme violence or other similar behavior.
I don't doubt your account of a handful of adults, but the research seems to point to the opposite conclusion:
> Homeschooled children are taking part in the daily routines of their communities. They are certainly not isolated, in fact, they associate with— and feel close to—all sorts of people. Homeschooling parents . . . actively encourage their children to take advantage of social opportunities outside the family. Homeschooled children are acquiring the rules of behavior and systems of beliefs and attitudes they need. They have good self-esteem and are likely to display fewer behavior problems than other children. They may be more socially mature and have better leadership skills than other children as well. And they appear to be functioning effectively as members of adult society. (Medlin, 2000, p. 119)
https://www.stetson.edu/artsci/psychology/media/medlin-socia...