Medlin: Excellent social skills in homeschooled children
This reference is used to annotate "I would never send my kids to school" (2017) by Piotr Wozniak
Dr Richard Medlin is a psychologist specializing in homeschooling. In 2013, he undertook a major meta-analysis of prior research on homeschooling and socialization (covering the prior two decades). His review is a ringing endorsement of the practice of homeschooling and its outcomes.
Compared to children attending conventional schools, research suggest that homeschooled children have higher quality friendships and better relationships with their parents and other adults. They are happy, optimistic, and satisfied with their lives. Their moral reasoning is at least as advanced as that of other children, and they may be more likely to act unselfishly. As adolescents, they have a strong sense of social responsibility and exhibit less emotional turmoil and problem behaviors than their peers. Those who go on to college are socially involved and open to new experiences. Adults who were homeschooled as children are civically engaged and functioning competently in every way measured so far
Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:
Title: Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited
Author: Richard G. Medlin
Date: 2013
Source: Peabody Journal of Education
Backlink: Social groups in socialization