Quote From: fredastareIts the parents responsibility to do what is best for their children....
I couldn't agree more with that statement. Unfortunately there are many parents that are not responsible in doing what is best for their children.
I'm sorry if my view that there must be some sort of umbrella of protection for children is upsetting for you. The only answer that I can come up with is in government monitoring and yes holding it's citizens accountable for their actions.
Again I am NOT against homeschooling at all. I feel that every poster here is making the very best decisions in how they choose to educate their children. My only concern is the parent that is not able to properly educate their children.
How do we keep that child from falling through the cracks without a specified regulations?
Fredi
What about all the public school students that fall through the cracks? It's amazing to me that people can get all upset about parents choosing to homeschool their children at their own expense, but could care less about all the students who are failing in public schools at taxpayers expense.
Fredi I read another post by you that mentioned national standards. Even the public schools do not have national standards. States are in charge of public schools, so if you move from Alabama and your kid attended public school, and made straight A's in 7th grade you may find that they are 1 or 2 years behind say New York, and have to be held back in order to catch up. Even though your child was making all A's in their previous school and even though they did all the work required.
What do you want to regulate against/for? and what gives you the right to decide what is best for my child?
Government has no business intruding on families.
Where do you suggest it stop? Should government officials be required to monitor pg women 24/7, should they come home from the hospital with the new born baby? Since you are one of those people that believe in a nanny state do you think parents should just hand their kids over to the government to raise?
If your ONLY concern is that parents not be able to properly educate their children consider this homeschooler do well on college entrance exams and are actively recruited by colleges. Homeschoolers must be doing something right. So get over yourself and leave us alone.
