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The Socialization Trap

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I was so glad to find a book that clearly and Biblically explains how home education provides the healthiest socialization environment for children. I think it is a MUST read for anyone considering homeschooling or anyone who is currently homeschooling. The author is a homeschool father of twelve who provides the reader with rich ammunition to respond to what is now the standard objection of the world to homeschooling. He details the common myths of socialization and how it is the age segregated institutionalized school, not the family school, that is a socialization nightmare. He also warns homeschoolers not to fall back into a socialization trap by mimicing the world's age segregated social scenarios. I loved this book.

This book is good for homeschooling parents. It is not written by a super-duper man with many degrees, but by a father who truly believes in what he and his wife are doing in homeschooling their children. He points out many benefits to doing a homeschool program based on a Biblcal point of view. He points out many of the false beliefs that exist in sending children to public school.

https://www.thelearningparent.com

The Boyer's website will give you further insights into how this giving family gained all their experience. These are true experts who now have 14 kids, the youngest three still being homeschooled, and they have grands! See their other books, blog, and other materials.

This book was so helpful when we started to homeschool. We read it and gave it to many friends to read. We have seen the Boyers speak at homeschool convention and were so impressed with the way they homeschool and how they expalin exactly what socialization is and is not. A must read for all home educators. A very small book, took about an hour to read. But so worth it!