I am close on an upsetting legal case of injustice regarding a woman stripped of her rights to home-school her own children, and she was doing so rather successfully! I myself home-schooled my own three children at a time in their lives and it was something I am thrilled to know and say I did, as well as successfully.
Home schooling is a parental right, and something that I feel very strongly about. Most home-schooled kids these days are schooled by their mothers as an option chosen over sending them to public or even the finest private schools. There are many arrangements in most cities and organizations to properly support and fulfill the needs of this arrangement and to give an enriched and high quality education.
In this upsetting legal case, a mother had been successfully home schooling her children (and the children are testing above their respective grade levels), and they are now being court-ordered to be taken away from this stable environment and placed in a public school setting. Apparently this was a court order that was based on the father’s request.
However, whether the father requests it or not, it’s violating to have a judge take away a mother’s right to choose how she educates her children – both in terms of academics and religion. This should be a parental decision; not the legal system’s decision.
Further to this, what about what’s in the best interest of the children? When you look at
each child as an individual and what kind of educational environment they thrive in, it’s
very clear that many kids do extremely well in a home-school setting. The HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) lists out some incredibly useful information on statistics and success rates of home-schooled children.
When it comes down to it, the bottom line is that it’s essential that the home environment be the haven to make these choices and to exercise the right to choose what is in the best interest of the children, and this legal case is a saddening example of how this basic right is being violated. The children’s best interests are not being considered at all.
You can help this case! As a woman, mother and someone who cares about the children in our society, it is vital we do not allow cases like this to go ignored. One case like this slip through and soon many more can poke their ugly head up. This can sets a precedent for more to come, and soon things become generalized and we could be confronted with NO MORE HOME SCHOOLING, as the worst case scenario.
Please share your views about this as I do care to know your feedback, opinions and successes or losses with home-schooling.
Please visit the blog below and find out how you can help a mother to retain her rights.http://www.hsinjustice.com/2009/03/action-steps.htm
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