Outgrowing the need for support?

I read this morning where another homeschooler stated that after a few years of homeschooling her children, she "outgrew" the need for a homeschool co-op or a support group that sponsors field trips, parties, etc.

I was a bit offended by this because to me, the tone of the message was that 'someday when we grow up, we should outgrow the need for a group too'. She didn't SAY that, but that was the implication. She made the statement that she 'never got anything' out of the field trips and holiday parties. She said that she and her children "learned to do things as a family" without the need for "verification" from others, or the need to be "part of a group". Again, implying that needing to feel like part of a group is a weakness.

Well, I'm sorry, but I think this is way off base. We are part of a Christian HS group, and it's been, and continues to be, a GREAT experience for my family! We have parties, playdates, field trips, Mom's Night's, a social studies fair each year( sometimes 2) and all kinds of cool stuff!! As a matter of fact, tomorrow we are going to watch a policeman perform a demonstration with his trained canine partner.

Maybe there are some people who don't "get anything" out of this kind of thing. That's fine, but it doesn't make you more mature than people who DO get something out of it.

And here is something else to consider~maybe, just maybe, you get very little out of it because you put very little into it.

Doing things on your own is great, but every now and then it's bound to get a little lonely.

Blessings,
Vicki