"Educational Neglect", which carries the same weight as "neglect", thus following the same investigative procedures (for example, the type and amount of food in your refrigerator will be inspected) is triggered in the State of New York via the States Public School System for children enrolled into homeschooling.
Even if the child has legally removed, and all steps followed, chances are that CPS will be knocking on your door as a result from a "systematic mistreatment of homeschooling families". Instead of filing the paperwork after being notified of the homeschooling and the removal of the child, the Public School System continues to mark them absent and notifies Child Protections Services to get involved.
It's really almost like the Public School System is using CPS to "give permission" to the family wanting to home-school, or as punishment for losing the tax dollars equivalent of the child. I mean why not? Since many organizations and citizens using CPS and similar agencies as intimidation tools and tools for leveraging positions.
Matter of fact, this issue has become so common in the State that an agency, Home School Legal Defense Association has filed a civil-suit against NYC.
In today's society, in which the government feels the need to control peoples lives, this shows us the tighter and tighter grip they have over us. Homeschooling use to be the norm in the States, and has regained popularity due to the shift in teaching controlled by the government in which a large portion of Americans do not agree with.
However, in doing so you are now in direct competition for the mind of that youth with the "system", and they will not hesitate to employ their CPS "Shock Troops" to discourage, intimidate, or worse, to get you back into the system.
Read a personal account of this story here.
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when I first started homeschooling my children I had them come to my door. They were at my door the morning after I informed the school, before I could formally turn in our letter of intent to the county.
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No kidding? That is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing this, it gives me considerable more confiedence in my sources and my posts.
Also, as a side note. Has there been an issue with @familyprotection tag? When you search for it is states "Backend error" in steemit, and I have also noticed very few posts have been resteemed past few days.
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Correction. Just tried on another computer and it worked. Loos like it is an issue with my laptop. It also looks like they are resteeming/posting again.
That was odd.
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computers you got to love them. Especially when they have a mind of their own.
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Thanks for the heads up! Really appreciate it 🙂
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You are very welcome! I suggest reading the personal account story I linked right above my signature. It's more in depth and has the legal teams stance on it.
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Excellent, thank you!
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The system was so sick to the highest order to the point that families should move outside developed countries.
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Thanks for this information
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good story @ entrepreneur916
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Thank @entrepreneur916 for your post. In all due respect to you, I think that CPS should take the time to investigate. There are waaaaay to many families doing this homeschooling. And I imagine their is an abundance of inadequacies and downright abuse in many of these cases..
Just look at this family with the parents who were psychopaths and home schooled their 12 children.
They ended up shackling them to the beds.
I am sorry I am going to have to disagree.
I'm sure in some cases CPS has screwed up and maybe even had workers who were shady. There always bad apples everywhere
But overall I think they help out way more than they hurt families in situations like this, imho !
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That is the joys of having intelligent conversation, being able to have a difference in opinion should be celebrated and engaging. While there are exceptions to every rult, the only certainty in this life is death and taxes.
For every report of a family shackling up 12 children, I can point you to abuses caused by an invading, uncontrolled and corrupt government system (the one, in fact, I use to work for).
My argument is that it is the parents right, the parents liberty to school how they chose, since their homeschooling still has to be "qualified".
The government is not responsible for raising children, however it does so and we have a more and more dependent society on a centralized, welfare type system.
Further, if you look at the US education system and it's global performance, the numbers are quite disappointing.
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Thank you Jacob. You make some valid and sound points. I probably don't have the first hand experience that you may have. So I respect that, and Iam always open minded to learning about things like this.
Again thanks
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Good Morning. We all have bias, as you can see the article isn;'t exactly a neutral article. I have written articles from a neutral stance, and honestly it is hard to get readers to decide "who's side are you one", this losing emotional connection to build relationships on to further a following.
I do appreciate the conversation with you and look forward to more in the future.
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Also of note, I am now following and supporting you in you venture on Steemit as well .
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This is really frustrating. I was home schooled (along with my 6 siblings) and my parents definitely got flack for it at the time. The culture in Michigan has actually improved slightly since then, but still have a number of obstacles to overcome.
I do understand that it can be a complex issue because legitimate neglect can come in the form of educational neglect. Kids don't get to make these decisions for themselves, and on some level we want to ensure that they are being taken care of. That should not come in the form of mandated cookie-cutter education, but should probably draw the line at elementary age kids being left home alone with no direction.
For example, chronic truancy is a major issue in Detroit, where I live. Kids will miss 50% of their classes, not to be home schooled but because their home life is not set up well to consistently get them to school.
Peel the layer back a little further though and you'll see that these parents aren't usually keeping their kids back because of laziness or protest of the system, but rather a lack of resources and options. Public transit in Detroit is almost non-existent, and with the explosion of charter schools, the school bus system doesn't even service many of these kids. What's a single working parent to do?
All this to say, sure, there will be cases when something should be done, but that something should be thoughtful and crafted to help the family excel, not punish and degrade them.
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Thank you very much for this response. Sorry it took 8 hours for me to get to it, tearing our a bathroom and a bedroom at my investment property in Nebraska and it's been a bit of work!
You make excellent point, and I agree with you. "Institutional Knowledge" is measurable, so if government were to access home schooled children in this manner they can ensure compliance with education requirements. Then you have the issue of what "knowledge" is. There is a bit movement stating that "book smarts" means nothing, and that true intelligence cant be measured. Then you have those that say tests are subjective, then mental issues with the child, so on and so forth.
Now we have to look at what "education" is. Is education "education" because the government says it is? Does trigonometry and gender studies help the child that is taking over his fathers large ranch in which the father can be spending that time teaching his son how to be successful?
That debate will never be settled, so the next thing I feel we can do as look at our rights as Americans. If the parents have the right to do so, than that settles it for me.
Are some parents going to do it and under-perform or not perform at all? Absolutely, but it is their child. Nature vs Nurture will take it's course and the child will become old enough to no longer be a victim and chose what he or she wants to do in life.
But again, it is not black and white. Maybe the child would be better off if he or she was in public school? Maybe being taken out of the public school system damned that child to a life of crime and delinquency? Maybe it didn't change anything, maybe it did. All of these are possibilities that cannot be governed nor controlled...no matter how hard a government tries.
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Ha, no problem. 8 hours is not very long where I come from ;)
I think it is important to be able to see both sides of the debate, like you parse through above. It is also very interesting to me to think about the American ethos of parental rights with an international perspective. There is this built in tension for any government between respecting the liberty rights of parents to raise children as parents see fit, and the need for government to protect the health of the children (because children cannot be responsible for making most of their own decisions), and sometimes that means protecting the child from her parent.
It doesn't take long to realize that there are fundamental differences in how people answer the question: What does a good life look like? And even if there are some objective measures (like health) to living a good life, you will need something much stronger than mere incremental increase to justify infringing on parental rights.
In America, we place a high premium on parental liberty. Not all "first world" countries go as far as we do to protect that. I don't know where the correct border is. But I do think it is a worthwhile discussion to have. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Good
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good :D follow: @robinmeza460
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They never stop coming up with ways to control, do they? It is sad that the few bad apples really mess it up for all the good and precious one who are doing the best and loving thing for their families.
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Agreed. They are getting further and further into all aspects of life.
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