Tammy's Recipes

THANK YOU TAMMY! I WAS HOPING TO SEE MORE ABOUT THIS.

-DONNA-

For the exact sentiments you relate here about parents retaining their rights, I signed the petition a few days ago. The "it takes a village" mentality does not work the best. And parents, homeschooling or not, need to be intricately involved and responsible for their own children.

I had not read Paine's post, so thank you for passing the link along!

Emily

I blogged about this too: www.frugalgranola.blogspot.com.
Thank you for mentioning this!
Blessings,
Michele :)

I saw on the news that the Gov. was going to support the parent's right to teach their children.

-Zan

posted a comment at my blog-

http://northernkids2.blogspot.com/2008/03/trampling-on-parents-rights.html

and signed the petition.

Parents need to safeguard their rights to raise their children in a way they deem right. Once our freedoms are gone, we can't get them back.

because I believe that parents should have the right to make decisions based on their own children. I am a home-schooing advocate from way before I ever had children. But I do think that there need to be checks and balances within the system. What if the education those children were receiving IS lousy? Are those parents qualified to teach their children? In college I had many friends that were home-schooled, and they were extremely intelligent, but I have also met others outside of college that could barely read, write or discuss anything other than the bible. I don't think the issue at stake here ought to be their education, but the abuse they might be suffering if the allegations are true. Abuse happens outside of school hours too.

I think all parents should be able to homeschool if they so choose but I think they should also be held accountable. Who is going to have to take care of kids who have lax, lazy or ambivalent teachers (parents)? The government of course. From the sounds of the article these parents are not the ideal homeschool parents. Unfortunately this is giving all homeschooling parents a bad name. I really don't see how they can make it a law based on this one set of parents. Isn't the annual spelling bee usually won by a homeschooling child? A lot of homeschooling kids are done with high school by 16 or 17 and have moved on to college.

I agree whole-heartedly! Parents should have the right to choose the best education for their child. Whether it be public, private or homeschooling.

I do think tho, the children should be tested (they are in my state) after every grade. To ensure they are learning what they need to be learning. Testing would help in that their won't be children like the ones Dana described.

I'm fortunate, my aunt and uncle are teachers, as well as my sister. I often call them for advice or what not.

many days I get nervous about teaching Algebra or Physics (ok physics is pushing it, but you never know). the thought terrifies me! Can i hope my children grow up and will be brainiacs, and won't need instruction on them?

Well, I do think that children need to be educated! :) But, I also think we need to be really careful about what freedoms we take from parents.

For example, I know of homeschooling families where some of the children learned to read at a very young age, and others of their children learned at a later age. Exactly what right does the government have in saying "Your child MUST know X, Y, and Z by this particular age"? Not every child is the same.

Personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable allowing my child to focus on other topics and not start reading until they were 8. But I don't think it's WRONG for a parent to make that choice for their child, or that it's a right that should be taken from those parents.

We have known people who did (in our opinion) a poor(er) job of educating their children. Even some children in public schools don't get very far academic-wise. It is sad when it's the parents'/teacher's fault in any case, but not worth jepordizing our personal freedoms.