Save the children from their parents

[lee n. field]

https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/calls-to-child-abuse-hotline-down-more-than-40-percent/73-6363085c-44f0-4ed1-bc87-005da652f59d

In the Denver area, not nationwide data.  The counter-argument is that since the kids aren't in school, abuse is harder to detect, similar to the claims in the first post.

Parental abuse.   School abuse is totally avoided.

[zxcvbob]

Yes, this is true.  And it is also true that some children are more at risk at school than at home.

I think the salient point is that no one suggests we ban public schools because of the risk there, whereas people may suggest banning homeschooling because of that risk.  Or rather, people who want to ban homeschooling anyway will use the risk to some children as their excuse.

I don't disagree with any of that, but I thought we were talking about starting up the public schools again because some of the kids that attend them are safer there than they are at home during the day.  Homeschoolers aren't part of that discussion; I'm not sure they are affected at all, unless the curriculums are coordinated with the local school district.

[lee n. field]

Yes, this is true.  And it is also true that some children are more at risk at school than at home.

I think the salient point is that no one suggests we ban public schools because of the risk there, whereas people may suggest banning homeschooling because of that risk.  Or rather, people who want to ban homeschooling anyway will use the risk to some children as their excuse.

If I was going to pick one, that's the way I would lean.

[RoadKingLarry]

I think the real fear that academia is having is that without the constant indoctrination some kids might be taught critical thinking skills or even worse might actually learn to think for themselves.

[zxcvbob]

I think the real fear that academia is having is that without the constant indoctrination some kids might be taught critical thinking skills or even worse might actually learn to think for themselves.

https://babylonbee.com/news/teachers-warn-parents-arent-properly-equipped-to-indoctrinate-children

And here's another: https://babylonbee.com/news/more-homeschoolers-arriving-at-college-woefully-unprepared-for-gender-studies :)

[MechAg94]

https://babylonbee.com/news/teachers-warn-parents-arent-properly-equipped-to-indoctrinate-children

And here's another: https://babylonbee.com/news/more-homeschoolers-arriving-at-college-woefully-unprepared-for-gender-studies :)

 

When reached for comment on the situation, one local dad simply shrugged and continued his "Rifle Marksmanship and Constitutional Law" lesson to his 14 kids.

[makattak]

When reached for comment on the situation, one local dad simply shrugged and continued his "Rifle Marksmanship and Constitutional Law" lesson to his 14 kids.

I have a new goal in life.

[Perd Hapley]

I have a new goal in life.