Have you considered that a home schooled female may well decide that sex in her early teen years is not a good thing for her?
Oh... absolutely so... that's just as much a possibility and a legitimate decision for a 14-year old who is advanced in her social skills and capabilities -- as it would be for that same 14-year old to decide that she did want to do so.
So, definitely, either one of those two decisions can be made, just like either one of those two decisions are made for females who are 20 years old and they can do so legitimately.
What I'm pointing out here, more than anything else, is not that just one side of that decision would be made -- no..., not at all. Both sides of that kind of decision would be made by various different 14-year old girls.
So, those 14-year old homeschooled girls, being as advanced socially/mentally then "either one of those two decisions" (no matter which one that 14-year old chooses for herself) is to be respected as much as one would respect that for an 18-year old or 20 year old. That's because that 14-year old is as capable as that 18-20 year old is (being that she is homeschooled).
If one is going to accept and have confidence in that 14-year old girl to be as advanced as that 18-20 year old is -- then one must accept either side of that decision that the 14-year old makes for herself.
The social skills of home schooled students really is higher than those in the public schools.
And thus, in that light -- one would have to accept the decision that this 14-year old girl would make -- is legitimate, if she decided she was going to have a 20-year old boyfriend at that stage in her life (and, of course, like I said up above, for different 14-year old girls, it could be either side of that decision) -- and one should accept either side they choose for themselves.
I think I havbe found, in your post #160, our differences and why they exist.
You wrote: “So, those 14-year old homeschooled girls, being as advanced socially/mentally then “either one of those two decisions” (no matter which one that 14-year old chooses for herself) is to be respected as much as one would respect that for an 18-year old or 20 year old. That’s because that 14-year old is as capable as that 18-20 year old is (being that she is homeschooled).”
While I am a bit confused, I think you are conflating the 14 year old’s decision making as compared to a 18 year old’s decision making capabilities with an individual making decisions.
In my posts, I assumed the discussion was about an individual, not an age class. I tend to deal with individuals, since “age classes” are notoriously difficult to interview.
What I tried to address was the idea that a 13 year old girl can make well informed decisions, even wise ones.
The central issue to me is whether the individual makes wise decisions, not how many years old they are. in this case, I tend to trust the individual parents and the individual student.
The attempt to make all encompassing rules is an attempt to write a perfect law, something which Aristotle warned against. He said life was so complex that we had to rely on judgment, not judicial perfection, as Greek law could not ever be written to be equal all.
He was describing a community of only 30,000 voters, perhaps a maximum of 40,000. He therefore concluded that human judgment was unavoidable.
As judicial perfection is impossible, so is academic perfection.
I am most thankful that as an American, I have not only the jury for judgment, I have many sources of information for my education, as does the family being discussed.
In teh long run, individual decisions will win over central decisions, ecause they allow for more creativity.
And, creativity produces all sorts of good things. As proof, I note AMerica has the greatest amount of individual decision making possibilities, and has become the most productive nation.
‘Nuff said.
Enjoy Memorial Day, and remember to ask your friends to remember those who gave all that we might be free.
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