If you live in a homestead and try to homeschool your kids, then doing so may be one of the most challenging tasks you have to face every day. On top of gardening, food preservation, animal care, mucking, cooking ...
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State Orders Parents: Register Your Unvaccinated Children
The state of Colorado illegally tried to collect information about unvaccinated children from parents, vaccine critics are charging. A number of parents received a letter this month from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which said in the ...
Read More »‘Nanny State Bill’ Passes Mandating That Teachers Grade PARENTS
Teachers would be required to monitor parents’ involvement with their children and even “grade” their interaction under a proposed state law in Mississippi. If House Bill 4 is approved, then parents would receive grades for homework completion, attendance at ...
Read More »Obama’s Stunning New Education Plan: Home Visits For Parents, ‘Equal’ Partnership In Raising Children
American parents soon could have “equal partners” in parenting — the federal government – and be faced with home visits, too. That’s according to a draft policy statement from two federal departments that are full of Obama appointees: the Department ...
Read More »Jailed For Homeschooling, Right Here In America
Two separate homeschool families in Ohio face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines for narrowly missing state deadlines of which they were unaware. The charges are for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor” – even though the ...
Read More »Parents Fined $1,350 For Pulling Grieving Kids Out Of School
Taking kids out of school – even if it’s related to the death of a relative — can cost a fortune if you live in the United Kingdom. Kerry and Richard Bowering were fined $1,350 (£950) for taking their three ...
Read More »‘I’m Here to Investigate Unsocialized Homeschoolers’
Simply homeschooling or having a large number of children can now apparently get a family investigated by a social worker in some states. In fact, one homeschool mom says that a social worker visited her home because her children allegedly ...
Read More »This New Bill Would Require Background Checks On All Parents
All parents of children in public and private schools would have to undergo social services background checks when enrolling their kids in school in Ohio under a new proposed state law. The bill by State Senator Capri S. Cafaro (D-Youngstown) ...
Read More »No Constitutional Right To Homeschool, Supreme Court Justice Says
Parents do not have a right to homeschool under the US Constitution, says Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia also believes there is no right to school choice within the Constitution. The conservative justice often is a favorite among those ...
Read More »Cops Arrest Parents For Letting 2 Kids Play At The Beach
A couple is facing charges of reckless endangerment for leaving their sons alone on a public beach supervised by lifeguards. Charles Smith and Lindsay Pemberton were cited on August 23 after they let their seven- and nine-year-old sons play for ...
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