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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Living in a Police State
War on U.S. Homeschoolers Escalates
Consider the scenario. Social workers get an anonymous tip saying a family's children are in danger. They do nothing for two months, then arrive on the doorstep demanding immediate admittance to the home with no warrant. When the family refuses social workers call in the reinforcements, i.e., the cops. When the family still resists the warrantless search, the government thugs threaten immediate removal of the children. Wow!
For that family the police state is a reality. The parents relented under duress and the social workers found that the children were all fine when they entered the home.
Several of my children homeschool. This scenario could happen to them if they had a nasty neighbor. Consider the power of the anonymous accuser. You have a squabble with a neighbor, what an easy way to get back at them. The state generally offers immunity to anonymous accusers so anybody with children is at risk. Interesting, isn't it, that a country that allows the ultimate abuse of murdering children before birth, suddenly cares (two months after the anonymous call) about the condition of the children?
If this happened to your family, what would you do?
Consider the scenario. Social workers get an anonymous tip saying a family's children are in danger. They do nothing for two months, then arrive on the doorstep demanding immediate admittance to the home with no warrant. When the family refuses social workers call in the reinforcements, i.e., the cops. When the family still resists the warrantless search, the government thugs threaten immediate removal of the children. Wow!
For that family the police state is a reality. The parents relented under duress and the social workers found that the children were all fine when they entered the home.
Several of my children homeschool. This scenario could happen to them if they had a nasty neighbor. Consider the power of the anonymous accuser. You have a squabble with a neighbor, what an easy way to get back at them. The state generally offers immunity to anonymous accusers so anybody with children is at risk. Interesting, isn't it, that a country that allows the ultimate abuse of murdering children before birth, suddenly cares (two months after the anonymous call) about the condition of the children?
If this happened to your family, what would you do?
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Get ready to snoop on your neighbor!
As if we don't have enough busy-body snoops already, Congress is considering a bill (S. 1877) to make every adult in the country a mandatory reporter of child abuse and neglect. This puts the feds smack in the middle of a child abuse industry that is already completely out of control. Does anyone really think that having the Department of Health and Human Services involved will improve things? Is this really about protecting the children or about creating massive new authority for HHS? And how many false charges will be applied by people who don't happen to like their neighbors?
Who do you think will end up being reported? Will it be large families? After all, they can't possibly be caring responsibly for all those children and didn't you see one of them outside in their pajamas at noon? What about Christian families? There have already been cases where judges told parents they take their children to church too much and have to stop. Just read some of the cases on the HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) website.
To read more and to contact the committee members and your own senators go here. HSLDA has written a great summary on the dangers inherent in this latest federal attempt to usurp the rights of the states and create a new federal mandate that calls every adult in the country to snoop on his neighbors.
Who do you think will end up being reported? Will it be large families? After all, they can't possibly be caring responsibly for all those children and didn't you see one of them outside in their pajamas at noon? What about Christian families? There have already been cases where judges told parents they take their children to church too much and have to stop. Just read some of the cases on the HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) website.
To read more and to contact the committee members and your own senators go here. HSLDA has written a great summary on the dangers inherent in this latest federal attempt to usurp the rights of the states and create a new federal mandate that calls every adult in the country to snoop on his neighbors.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Two Thumbs Up for Home Schoolers!
Thirty years ago the U.S. boasted only 20,000 home schooled students. Today, the number is two million and growing. Not only that but studies show that home schooled students are more successful than many of their traditionally schooled peers. Read about it here. And if you home school give yourselves a big high five. If you know home schoolers congratulate them. And if you are fortunate to know someone who homeschooled in the early days, thank them for blazing the trail. It's a lot easier for home schoolers today because they cleared the path for those who came later. And a great big thank you to HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association). They have filled the gap for many home schoolers challenged by hostile school systems.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Homeschooling and the Gotcha Question
When I was homeschooling I often had conversations with folks about what was involved in the decision to homeschool. After a brief discussion I could always depend on hearing the "gotcha" question: "But what about socialization?" My response was always the same - a laugh and the reply, "Isn't that one of the arguments in favor of home schooling?"
What's normal, I'd like to know, about socialization that involves being together all day with people your own age and one adult, usually a woman, who exercises crowd control? I always found that homeschooled students, unlike their regular schooled peers, were 1. comfortable around adults, 2. had greater eye contact, 3. enjoyed adult conversation, and 4. were often politer in groups.
But now the research is there to support the socialization advantage. Last December J. Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), had an op-ed in the Washington Times reporting on studies showing the success of adult homeschoolers in both the U.S. and Canada. The adults who were homeschooled are happier, more engaged in their communities, more likely to vote, earn higher incomes, and none of them are on welfare. Sounds like homeschooling increased positive socialization and decreased negative socialization.
So congratulations to all you grownup homeschoolers. You are the best advertisement of all that homeschooling works!
What's normal, I'd like to know, about socialization that involves being together all day with people your own age and one adult, usually a woman, who exercises crowd control? I always found that homeschooled students, unlike their regular schooled peers, were 1. comfortable around adults, 2. had greater eye contact, 3. enjoyed adult conversation, and 4. were often politer in groups.
But now the research is there to support the socialization advantage. Last December J. Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), had an op-ed in the Washington Times reporting on studies showing the success of adult homeschoolers in both the U.S. and Canada. The adults who were homeschooled are happier, more engaged in their communities, more likely to vote, earn higher incomes, and none of them are on welfare. Sounds like homeschooling increased positive socialization and decreased negative socialization.
So congratulations to all you grownup homeschoolers. You are the best advertisement of all that homeschooling works!
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