Homeschooling as a Political Platform
By Mimi Rothschild
Dana Hanley’s recent post on the Homeland Stupidity blog chronicles the tragic murder of a young homeschooled boy at the hands of his own adoptive parents. He was starved, beaten, and generally neglected before eventually succumbing to their daily torture.
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows is currently promoting the increased regulation of homeschooling to prevent tragedies like this from happening.
Meadows fails to realize two key truths. First, increasing regulation among homeschoolers will do nothing to prevent abuse cases like this from happening. If parents want to abuse their children, they will find a way to do so in order to keep it out of the public eye. Secondly, this type of violence is far from unique to homeschooling. Public school students around the country unfortunately suffer from similar abuse, and little is done about it in the public school. In fact, the homeschooled student in question was enrolled in public school for a time and nothing was done to prevent his murder. As commentor Christine points out, the child had social workers assigned to him even after leaving the public school.
The unfortunate death of a child should not prevent millions of healthy homes from enjoying the freedoms of homeschooling. Increased regulation will accomplish nothing other than extra red tape and hurdles for well-meaning parents to go through.
Christian homeschoolers, please pray for your homeschooling
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