Who comes up with this stuff? At the head of homeschooling headlines today is an article out of the UK entitled Home schooling ‘could be a cover for child abuse and sexual exploitation’. My problem is not that some people feel this way, but that some people will try to convince others of this drivel. Here are some of the items presented in this article: In some extreme cases, home education could be used as a cover for abuse. We cannot allow this to happen and are committed to doing all we can to help ensure children are safe, wherever … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote about a very sad case in Washington D.C. where a mother murdered her children. They were being “homeschooled” and now there is somewhat of an ‘outcry’ because there are no regulations that watch over homeschoolers in Washington D.C. Today, I thought I’d devote some time to arguments I’ve heard about regulating homeschoolers and my answer to them. Regulating homeschoolers will prevent abuse and neglect. If those kids were in school someone would’ve noticed. This simply isn’t true. It’s a sad fact that kids slip through the cracks all the time. Sometimes after the fact, people come forward … Continue reading →

This blog has come about in part from a comment on another blog and in part from a case in Washington D.C. in which a mother was allegedly homeschooling her children. . .but she murdered them. The New York Times wrote a piece about what a tragedy it is that homeschooling families are not more regulated and that had these children been under the watchful eye of the public school system this may never have happened. Like the commenter on my other blog, the New York Time’s author quotes numerous experts that suggest that regulating homeschoolers is the only way … Continue reading →