Welcome to the Wild and Free Podcast, Episode 18.

I'm Ainsley Arment, here with Tina Ingold, and today we're talking more about getting started in homeschooling,

specifically the topic of socialization.

You'll also hear a conversation between Jennifer Pepito and Jennifer Dees about saying no to too much activity.

So grab a cup of coffee and join us on the front porch.

Let's get started.

Let's get started. And the other question that we get a lot is the question about socialization.

It's not usually a question.

It's usually more of a judgment, even if they mean it well.

It's more my only concern with homeschooling is socialization and making sure that kids can be normal, you know, when they go out in the real world or go to college.

And I think that that's probably a concern in some cultures. that kids can be normal, you know, when they go out in the real world or go to college.

And I think that that's probably a concern in some cultures and communities. But I don't think that it really is in the real world, not the homeschooling world that I'm

interacting with, not the wild and free community.

We're normal people and we're homeschooling our kids so that we can give them a life education.

I do think that there are some homeschooled children that are sheltered to the point of being fearful of the world

or not understanding how to interact in the real world, but I don't think that that's the same as

socialization. The idea of socialization that children learn how to interact and be like their

peers isn't always a good thing, you know,

and a lot of times people talk about socialization happening in the public schools, but I'll be

honest, I don't actually see that happening. Maybe on the school bus a little bit or maybe occasionally

on recess, but when my son was in school, all I heard was children need to be quiet. There's no

talking to the people at the

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