| Home school students as a whole have been a | | | | become too rigorous a task. Social networking |
| pretty successful bunch, though this is difficult to | | | | sites such as Face book and MySpace have |
| measure because there are not many statistics | | | | added another level of connectivity to life and |
| taken yet. It is not at all uncommon to hear | | | | networking that was unheard of just a couple of |
| about the young home school author, the music | | | | years ago. |
| prodigy, or the computer genius. | | | | I believe these social networking sites offer great |
| I have also not witnessed homes school students' | | | | opportunities for home school students to |
| inability to comingle with other children their own | | | | connect and feel part of a group. This is virtual |
| age due to lack of socialization. What I do notice | | | | home school software that has the ability to bring |
| is that despite the fact that many home school | | | | home school students from all across the world |
| children I know are involved in many different | | | | into the same classroom. |
| activities, they simply do not have access to the | | | | I do not advocate letting your child loose on these |
| same range of children that is available to their | | | | sites without any type of supervision or |
| public schooled counterparts. | | | | expectation. I am careful to limit the amount of |
| Networking is important as an adult and believe it | | | | time they spend on these sites and I require that |
| or not that networking starts at a very young | | | | I have full access to the accounts. Like other |
| age. I am constantly surprised by how often my | | | | home school software these sites offer |
| past comes back to visit in different aspects of | | | | opportunities that were not available a few short |
| my life. I am glad that I have developed | | | | years ago and they give parents another tool to |
| relationships that have lasted for many years and | | | | enrich their child's life. |
| I am glad that I have had the opportunity to | | | | Connections made today can be very valuable |
| meet numerous people over the years. Email | | | | tomorrow and long term friendships are a very |
| once made it much easier to keep in contact with | | | | important part of a health mind, spirit, and body. |
| all of these people but now days that has | | | | |