Ever since I started hsing my inlaws have been concerned about my kids "socialization." But like most of you, in my opinion, my kids are have better social skills than the ps kids I know. They will talk to anyone of any age group, have no trouble making new friends and are able to have intelligent conversations about a wide range of topics.
My father inlaw actually told me that I needed to put my oldest in ps so he'd get "knocked around a bit and learn that his opinion isn't the only one." :001_huh: How they consider that to be "socialization" I'll never understand. One of my hsing friends said I should have told him that I aim to provide a well-rounded education and I'd get right on that. Ha!
I agree that my oldest tends to be a know-it-all, and we do need to help him realize that he doesn't know it all, but I think that's a personality issue, not a social issue. I'm pretty sure he'd be like that even in ps, only he'd get made fun of a lot and probably develop self esteem issues. I really don't understand why so many people think that the best people to teach my kids social skills are other kids their age who don't yet have the best social skills.