Hm
If you want to know why I've started posting a lot of Angry Blogger Stuff, blame Twitter. I've started following Graham Linehan (of Father Ted and The IT Crowd fame), and he keeps posting links.
Like this one.
Now, call me n unreasonable anti-homeschooling maniac, but I don't entirely see why people are getting so angry with the NSPCC. I haven't read all the linked interviews etc, but whilst people who want to homeschool are obviously no more likely to be child abusers than others, child abusers may well use homeschooling as a cover, given that school is the point at which the state (in the shape of teachers) has the most contact with children. If an abused child is homeschooled, they may need more regular check-ups by social workers, etc, just to ensure that nothing untoward is happening. Right?
(I mean, normally I'm the first to object to people saying We Must Clamp Down On X Because Of Paedophiles, but this seems fairly reasonable, achievable, and not ignoring the fact that most child abuse happens in the home).
Hm.
Like this one.
Now, call me n unreasonable anti-homeschooling maniac, but I don't entirely see why people are getting so angry with the NSPCC. I haven't read all the linked interviews etc, but whilst people who want to homeschool are obviously no more likely to be child abusers than others, child abusers may well use homeschooling as a cover, given that school is the point at which the state (in the shape of teachers) has the most contact with children. If an abused child is homeschooled, they may need more regular check-ups by social workers, etc, just to ensure that nothing untoward is happening. Right?
(I mean, normally I'm the first to object to people saying We Must Clamp Down On X Because Of Paedophiles, but this seems fairly reasonable, achievable, and not ignoring the fact that most child abuse happens in the home).
Hm.