Homeschooling in the land of the free

Homeschooling in the land of the free

It's really nice to live in America the home of the Free and the Brave. Not every country has this freedom. In fact, back in 2004 when we were in the Philippines we told our family that we homeschool (our oldest was 4-years old, but she was very smart for her age by God's grace and we started teaching her at home when she was almost 2-years old). They told us it's against the law that they homeschool. Wow! It's hard enough for me to get our kids to the bus or even to school on time when I drove them (when they used to go to school last school year). But I trust the Lord Jesus that he'll help us to wake up earlier in the Philippines, being surrounded by family that are early risers (like 4am-early risers). I like being in the Philippines.

In the past few decades, the popularity of homeschooling in the United
States has noticeably grown. Statistics show that in 1983, 60,000 to 125,000
school-aged children were homeschooled. By 1990, the number rose to 250,000 to
350,000. Now, in the year 2005, approximately 2 million children in the United
States are homeschooling. Why is this? One of the main reasons parents are
choosing to homeschool is because of the moral decline of the public
schools.
...In his article “Persecution of German Homeschoolers Intensifies,” Chris
Klicka reported, “The judge ruled that the school has the authority to determine
what is against the conscience of the parents. The judge also ruled that
fundamentalist Christians, who do not want their children to attend the
government schools, are not protected by the constitution!” Who cares if the
schools are teaching sexual immorality, homosexuality, and evolution? Who cares
if they are showing pornography to young German students in their language
courses? After all, the school has authority to determine what is against the
conscience of the parents! Yeah right.
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Is Germany supposed to also be a land of the free? If it is, it does not sound like it. But even in America the Land of the Free homeschooling is being threatened. Homeschool Legal Defense Association is standing up for homeschoolers here in America and even Germany.