Home schooling can provide an environment in which children can become more independent rather than less so, because, for one thing, there is little to no peer pressure. And often, home schooled children are able participate in deciding how they will learn, which is usually not the case in schools. If a particular parent feels that they would not be able to allow that kind of autonomy for their kid if they were to home school, and if they felt that their kid needed that, then that parent would not be good candidate for home schooling their child.

As I said in an earlier post, when I was home schooling my son, we belonged to an association of home schooling families who would all get together frequently to provide the kids with opportunities to be with other kids, doing all kinds of activities. Many kids developed strong friendships with the other kids in the association. We lived in a very small town in a very rural and isolated area, but there were a couple dozen home schooling families in our group.