The Thirst for Freedom

Two parents educate their own children and end up arrested for “child endangerment.”

Read the article:

A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
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I know folks are just going to quote the verses about “submitting to all those in authority;” but by what Biblical reasoning is the state taking sovereignty of education away from parents?

Education should be the domain mostly of parents, a little bit of church.

The state should acknowledge and yield to the parental right, authority, and responsibility to provide education for their children. Parents should not have to get any approval from the state for their eduction program.

In my time spent blogging some of the opinions I have learned to respect the most belong to some of America’s Homeschool Moms. I believe that Christian parents taking responsibility for the education and development of their children is one of the most essential ingredients to preserving freedom. Free individuals will lead to a free society.

So I have to call attention to the following post by Dana Hanley of principleddiscovery.com:

“Rather than confronting the issue head on, I fear that HSLDA is actually further contributing to the problem by respecting standardized test scores as a valid measure of the education of a child. I realize these types of tests are enmeshed in our culture. But until we begin to sway public opinion in favor of a little balance, there will be increased calls to require all homeschooling families to submit to this kind of testing. Because for most Americans,

test scores = ability.

No one stops to wonder why it is we put more emphasis on a test score than on actual performance in the ‘real world.’ That one that we as homeschoolers are supposedly hiding from.” [Read More]

This is scary stuff over at an article on worldnetdaily.com:

“A homeschooling family is trying to arrange an escape from Germany before authorities can complete a court action that would give the state custody of their five children, according to a pro-family advocacy organization.”  [Read More]