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Gathercole, Rachel. The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling. Mapletree. Jun. 2007. c.288p. index. ISBN 978-1-60065-107-6. pap. $14.95. CHILD REARING
In his sociological study Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, Mitchell L. Stevens divides homeschoolers into two groups: those from the Christian day-school movement and those from the alternative school movement. First-time author Gathercole seems to be one of the latter and has here assembled the most common questions regarding the social aspects of homeschooling (e.g., "Don't the kids miss out on socialization?") and answers based in opinion, fact, and personal accounts from homeschoolers and their children. This ...