The Conservatarian

This is shocking and unexpected, and it is critical for all of America to become aware and get involved in this California state court ruling. 

As a home schooling parent, I have witnessed first hand the difference between public, private and homeschool methods, and my son is better off in a homeschool environment. I have heard so much made over socialization, the capability of parents to educate their children, and how laws should be passed for this or that issue as it pertains to not only homeschooling, but to every facet of life in these United States.

Socialization? People constantly comment on how well spoken, friendly, and gregarious my son is. My daughter is the same way (we begin her home schooling next fall). Who would I rather be the biggest influence on my children, me and my wife, who can determine what they are exposed to on a daily basis, or a classroom and schoolyard full of jocks, bullies, extroverts, and introverts, all with their own value systems? For the most part, my son’s peers in school have very different morals than we do, and furthermore, they have no idea what they even base their value system on. My wife and I not only educate my son, we also enforce and re-enforce our value system to our children, and we explain to them why we have the values we do; in other words, we explain the principles behind our moral philosophy, which are grounded in the words of Holy Scripture, our Bible. I do not want my son tainted by the values of ignorant children. I am fully persudaded that all children are ignorant, by the way, including mine, which why they need us, not their peers, to provide their social and moral framework for their lives-not the school/government indoctrination center. I also do not want the values of a morally relativistic, pluralistic, and hedonistic government placed upon my children either.
On a side note, I live in Tennessee, and only three legislators are keeping a bill alive here that will force us to teach our kids according to the curriculum used by state schools. What makes it so insidious is the fact that it is being done under the guise of forcing private and home schooled students to take the same tests in Tennessee as public school students. This in effect forces parents and private schools to go by the same curriculum in order to pass, although the state curriculum is inferior to what we give our children. Hence, parental rights to teach our choice of curriculum is effectively removed, and the dual crux of home school liberty and parental rights is broken.

I do not care for the nanny state, thank you very much. As I have heard quoted elsewhere, a government that is big enough to give you everything you need is also big enough to take everything away.

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Here are some links to keep you informed:

Petition regarding the appellate court ruling: https://www2.hslda.org/Registrations/DepublishingCaliforniaCourtDecision/

http://www.hslda.org/

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ca/200803060.asp

The actual court opinion: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF

Good article on Lew Rockwell: http://www.lewrockwell.com/greenhut/greenhut52.html