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In a message dated 1/8/03 6:18:22 PM, ecsamhill@... writes:

<< I think the concern is that a child might take the bad guys as a "role
model". >>

I wonder if there could be an unschooled child who could have so little
personality and self worth that he would say "I am nobody. I would like to
become Mario"
or
"From now on I will be Sonic."

But my niece Gina was homeschooled, and really liked Sonic when she was
little (still), and it led to a huge quantity of art and fiction:

http://sonic_resuki.tripod.com/the_resuki_project/

She's eighteen now and a REALLY good artist.

But I doubt that anyone would be more likely to want to be a little cartoon
guy who's stealing a cartoon car, either. They know fiction from reality.
And someone who does NOT know fiction from reality has a MUCH bigger problem
than what video game he's playing.

I sheltered Kirby (easily) from lots of unpleasant input when he was little,
but he was an only child, and I was a first-kid parent. It seemed natural.

Holly has always had two older brothers. She's seen lots of things Kirby
would not have, at ever stage along the way. And she's more peaceable than
Kirby. Gender? Personality? Likely. But they're all three good-hearted,
honest and non-violent types who have seen, heard and played fictionally
violent scenarios without changing their goodness.

Sandra

pumpkin_kisses_fall_wishes <djac99_1999@

> I wonder if there could be an unschooled child who could have so
little > personality and self worth that he would say "I am nobody. I
would like to > become Mario"
> or > "From now on I will be Sonic."

Sandra,

Do you feel that unschooled children are immune from personality
quirks and problems? I ask because I often notice that any examples
of negative child behavior you offer seem, to my understanding, to
focus on schooled (home and public) children.

Denise

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In a message dated 1/9/03 11:58:10 AM, djac99_1999@... writes:

<< Do you feel that unschooled children are immune from personality
quirks and problems? >>

No.

But we KNOW that school causes problems.

My children are absolutely free from school-caused problems. That doesn't
mean free from any problems.

<<I ask because I often notice that any examples
of negative child behavior you offer seem, to my understanding, to
focus on schooled (home and public) children.>>

Structured home schooling (school-at-home) can cause many of the same kinds
of problems school causes.

Sandra

Helen Hegener

At 6:56 PM +0000 1/9/03, pumpkin_kisses_fall_wishes
<djac99_1999@...> wrote:
>Sandra,
>
>Do you feel that unschooled children are immune from personality
>quirks and problems?

I'm not Sandra, but I can tell you that after living and working with
various ages of unschoolers for most of my life I've found they have
about the same percentage of quirks, problems, personality disorders
and foibles as the rest of the population. And as with everyone else,
those will often be endearing qualities.

Helen