<p>sittingbull:</p>
<p>I was a member of a homeschooling center, joined numerous clubs and community events and workshops, and had a much richer, more active social life when I began homeschooling. The people I engaged with shared similar interests as I did, and we were together because we genuinely wanted to be. My close friends ranged in age from young children to 70. I think this was incomprarably more natural and healthy for me.</p>