The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 3:16PM I recently transferred this video interview with me about homeschooling and unschooling that I did for Christian Science Monitor television in 1991. It is almost exactly 20 years ago to the day (2/16/1991) when I filmed it, but since so much of the information is still relevant I thought it would be of interest. I'm struck by how in those 20 years we went from the estimated 500,000 homeschooled children in 1991 to nearly 2 million today, and yet we are still being asked the same questions, particularly "How will homeschooled children be socialized?" What I like about this interview is how thoughtful and prepared John Parrott, the interviewer, was. He handled the socialization question differently than I expected and I was pleasantly surprised.
Reader Comments (1)
Do you have any idea why they keep asking the socialization question?
In my experience this is the first question people ask, even when they know nobody who homeschools (or is an unschooler) and even if they've just found out that homeschooling is legal. The question remains despite the fact that there are (as you pointed out) several success storys. So what is the problem? Are the success storys too unknown? Is there some other explanation?
ps. This is probably one of the nicest interviews about homeschooling that I've seen. Great job! (Even if it is 20 years old :D )