The Huffington Post – Samantha Rodman, PhD 
“If you mention homeschooling, many people picture a very isolated experience, with a child mainly hanging out with his homeschooling parent and missing out on many classic childhood social experiences. However, homeschooling is growing massively in popularity, up 75% in the past 14 years, and 4% of kids are homeschooled in America. From personal experience, I see lots of groups of homeschooling children and parents in various extracurricular activities that I attend with my kids, so I believe that there are many social outlets for homeschooled kids.(more)