Some common misconceptions about our homeschooled kids are that they may lack socialization skills, may not adapt to group activities, may be too shy, introvert, anti-social, weird of sort, and so on. But my patient reaction would be that they should try to start a conversation with them and see for themselves.
Minyong (boy 4), is the type who always blended with the swarm. You would find him seated with a group of bigger kids just goofing around,and "chasing varmints near and far."*
Minyang (girl 9), is the type who would easily make friends and talked to people eye to eye.She goes to church with her colorful Sunday journal and highlighters jotting down notes.(That's without having to be told.) She blended just as well with kids of different ages.
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Minyang being comfortable performing with her cousins CJ and Clarence. The boys give her the moral support she needed.
I'm wondering at times if she had ever become a baby. Had it been a very short period of time that she was so tiny, I held her in my arms to put to sleep. I've always viewed her as a grown woman with a matching demeanor packaged in a 9yr-old girl's body. I would remind her at times to slow down and just enjoy being a kid.
*Quote from the book, "I Dreamed I Was A Cowboy" by Melissa Webb.
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