squirt said, "a kid still needs friends to be a kid"--
don't know if I agree entirely. There are lots of kids who don't have friends. Someone with such ability is not easy to find another with common ground. My kids luckily have each other and seem to be pretty sociable, but we can go for a long period of time without anyone else. What about kids raised on farms or ranches? Wasn't Christopher Paolini (Eragon author) homeschooled in Montana wilderness?
Not trying to be contrary, but that caught my eye...
