Reality check

As parents, we're constantly asking ourselves "Are we doing the right thing?". In fact if we're not, there's a problem. In our case, since we're really so different than the norm many times, it happens frequently, sometimes daily. The farther you get a away from your bubble of comfortability, the more you feel like an alien. Since our move further into the burbs, we're outside our bubble. And quite frankly that's not a bad thing, check out the lyrics of the classic Christian rock song by Petra, "Not of this world", and you might agree that it's the feeling we should have.

So the big question we get (com'on Homeschooling families, you know this one...) is "What about socialization?". There's a really good discussion of the topic here, including a discussion of "What are you actually asking?" It's a more complicated question than you might think, and the root of the question is important to understand before attempting an answer. There's some good questions to be had, but the common root of the question with most people is usually along the simple lines of "What about friends?".

Back to the where the rubber meets the road, you might note the comments in the video about Cosmic Boy. You could bottle those and replay them year after year; "best attitude", "positive", "encouraging", "does what he is asked", "respectful", "good natured". Are all those comments because of homeschooling? Do his superhero parents take all the credit? Of course not, glory be to God. However, it certainly was encouraging to come home after his baseball season, do a reality check with Wonder Woman and be able to say, at least for now, "That's what it's all about". Is Cosmic Boy able to function in society, "Quite well, thank you very much!"