Thank you so much for this post.

The old psychology debate is nature vs nurture. It seems to me there is genetics (nature), something intrinsic to that person, and nurture. Although children generally end up like their parents…there is also something so unique to that person that can take them a different way.

I didn’t address that uniqueness in the article.

I went to public schools and had terrible social skills. I preferred books to people. My kids, who were homeschooled, had lots of friends and loved people, so to me, the idea that going to school gave you social skills never made any sense. I learned my social attitudes from my parents, who were also bookworms. My kids, fortunately, took after their dad, who is a people person (although they also like books, just not more than people). I think kids tend to model their parents when it comes to socialization.