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**proof that the kids will not become social outcasts and that homeschooled
kids are normal (even if they are freakishly friendly and polite).

i thought this was cute and it reminded me of something i saw in the park the
other day. we're new to the unschool/homeschool thing so we don't really know
any kids that have been homeschooled. we went to the park that we usually go
to and i saw the weirdest thing there i've never seen before.

a group of kids age 10-3 were playing TOGETHER! they weren't even really on
the slides and such, they were forming a troup to build a fort gathering
nearby sticks and acorns. when my son of 3 1/2 went to play too, they found
him a stick and helped him along.

they played together dismissing age boundaries, they expanded from being
there only to use the 'facilities', and they were not in the least bit
exclusive to other children.
i wondered for a couple minutes how they were so different from other kids i
normally see playing there, then it hit me, school is back in so they must be
homeschooled, and they were.

it was just so neat how obvious it was.

brenda



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Castle Crawford

I was much the same way at my first eclectic support group meeting. The kids played together, not really paying attention to age or sex and the thing that hit me was that they were talking about literature and math problems and Greek mythology instead of Pokemon and playing with stick guns like the 'other' kids at the park. It was that point that I became comfortable with my choice and decided it was true-homeschooled kids really ARE different!

Esther


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