“To me the scary thing about this mindset is that Wilonsky seems to think todays 12 year olds aren’t and shouldn’t be innocent.”
I think you’re right on target here. This movie reviewer’s nastiness speaks more about his own shortcomings and those that may exist in his own household, then it does regarding home-schoolers across the nation, who are more obviously and very publicly proving that allowing a child to be a child is much more healthy for the child and the family than otherwise.
I couldn’t care less what some talking head on tv thinks about what would make my 12 year old happy. What I do care about is whether or not the Good Lord is pleased with what I’m doing and how I’m raising my children.
For a nation that likes to speak with pride about rugged individualism I am always privately amused by the numbers of people who react viscerally against home-schoolers. It’s rather pathetic on their part. It serves to expose the Communist gulag mentality they feel comfortable with.
I think it also serves to reveal the guilt they feel about their parenting and their attitudes towards their own children. I’ve met tons of parents who hate summer and *can’t wait for the rugrats to go back to school and get out from under my feet*.
How incredibly pathetic that someone’s own mother doesn’t even want them around. They did such a poor job raising their own children that they can’t even stand being around them. I always wonder why people like that wanted kids in the first place.