Comments | hobiscuit: Public service announcement

hobiscuit

Public service announcement

Jul 12, 2004 11:43

You guys have made me aware of many things going on in the country that I otherwise would know nothing about, now it is my turn ( Read more... )

Comments 9

paratti July 12 2004, 09:07:03 UTC

That's disgusting, and they should be jail. They would be over here.

hobiscuit July 12 2004, 10:31:38 UTC

They should be in jail. Unfortunately we have a belief in this country that children are property and parents can basically do what they want with/to them. It amazes me that people still think intimidation and pain are the best ways to raise children. No wonder we have so many alcoholics and drug addicts in this country!

ljs July 12 2004, 09:42:40 UTC

That's truly, truly horrible stuff. :-(

hobiscuit July 12 2004, 10:32:44 UTC

How I wish it were a joke. If my library has the book I'm going to check it out and "loss" it. I'll gladly pay for the book to keep other parents from reading it and doing what it says.

stateless82 July 12 2004, 09:47:30 UTC

That's insane. Sadistic, criminal and insane.

hobiscuit July 12 2004, 10:33:29 UTC

It is insane. I hate that these people homeschool. By homeschooling my son am I somehow associated with people like this? It makes me ill.

maryannegruen July 13 2004, 06:13:56 UTC

These people belong in jail. They probably homeschool to hide their actions from the law. Public school teachers are legally bound to report child abuse. At least they are here in New York. There are a lot of public school teachers in my husband's family. No system is fool proof, but my sister-in-law has told me when we've discussed things like this that you can get in trouble as a teacher if you don't report it. Fanatics of various stripes sometimes use homeschooling to keep their actions hidden and/or their children from being affected by the outside world that they distrust ( ... )

hobiscuit July 13 2004, 07:31:28 UTC

I don't think they abuse to the point where it would be noticed by a teacher, that usually involves black eyes or huge bruises, but I'm sure they homeschool to keep absolute control over their kids. It bothers me that by homeschooling I am in any way going to be associated with people like that. Luckily, they are the minority in homeschooling, but still ( ... )

maryannegruen July 13 2004, 08:25:19 UTC

I'm glad there are ways for homeschoolers as a group to speak out against things like this ( ... )