Are Homeschooled Kids Weird?

Well of course they are!

But not to worry, they are weird in a "good" way.

Listen, all kids are a little weird.  They wouldn't be kids if they weren't, right?  So what makes homeschooled kids different?  Are they somehow MORE weird?

I like to think of it as "out of the box" thinking.  They march to their own drummer and usually don't seem to notice or even care that they do things differently.  And you know what- most of their homeschooled peers don't notice your kid is weird because they too are equally weird.

Huh?

Ok, let me give you an example.

One day, way back in the 1st grade- my son William decided to wear this crazy outfit to his homeschool program.  Crazy consisted of shorts in the middle of winter, a puffy vest, tank top, winter boots and a circus hat.  Yes, a circus hat.

Oh My Word.

Now, ordinarily such an outfit would cause quit the commotion at a normal public school.  Open mouthed stares, snickers, and possible ridicule would be sure to follow.

Want to know what happened when William walked the halls of his homeschool program?

"Cool hat William"

"Hey, where'd you get that awesome hat William?"

"I have one of those too!"

Not a single homeschooler made fun of my William.  He walked those halls and he strutted his stuff- circus hat and all.

It.  Was.  Awesome.

The point here is- all homeschoolers are weird.  Really weird.  But no one really notices because we are all a little weird.  It's the most amazing sense of freedom.  Homeschoolers are free to live their lives- every aspect of them.  Weirdness and all.

So the answer to the question- YES, of course homeschoolers are weird.  And it's great.