>>>I don't know... I had some of the best times of my life in high school. I would hate to have missed that and I would hate to deprive my kids of that chance.
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>>But it's not that simple for everyone. For some kids, even when they're the same age as their classmates, social stuff is just hard.
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>>As a parent, you have to balance the whole equation.
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>>Tamar
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>What a better place to learn social skills than in high school? Honestly, you have 4 years to make friends, figure out who you are, etc, etc. At the end of the 4 years if you don't like how it turned out you get a re-do when you go to college.
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>If social skills aren't learned in HS, where are they learned? Or are they learned at all?
I learned survival skills. I'm ready to guess that you went through grade school and high school with the same bunch of kids. I attended 8 different schools. We always moved during the middle of the year, so I had the joy of walking into a classrom of kids I did not know. I made some great friends, but I can't say I look back fondly on my grade/high school years.
College OTOH, was great. I was in the same boat as everyone else.
Don't get me wrong. I don't regret growing up in a mobile family. We lived in 7 different states and 1 foreign country. It was a fabulous learning experience. I laugh when I see bumper stickers proclaiming "Montana Native". I just explain that I have been to 49 of the 50 states and 13 countries. I choose to live in Montana!
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