[Gondring]

Yep, your right. Real loons. Somebody should take 'em out back and beat the $hit out of 'em.

That was the allegations of what they were doing to their kids.

[stentorian conservative]

Yeah, and I also read that they made their children do the dishes. Monsters! Monsters I tell ya.

There are as many reasons to Homeschool as there are Homeschoolers. And while the "snitches" part was poorly written, I can see that as a valid reason. We live in a time where children have been paid by school officials to "snitch" on their peers. Thus, creating generations of kids who have no loyalty and no trust. Again, jmo.

[cgk]

That was the allegations of what they were doing to their kids.

That was not why homeschooling was declared illegal in the entire state. This is a ridiculous argument, still. It was merely the vehicle for getting the family into the courts. We have no idea if the father was beating his children or if an unhappy, liberal family member sees homeschooling as anti-social child abuse and reported them to be spiteful.

[dschapin]

Its really sad when cases like this make it to the appelate courts due to the bad facts. However, I would expect that HSLDA will probably try to take over the case for the sole reason of overturning the bad precedent that was set here. Yes, these people sound like they may have been lousy parents which may well be a matter for child services if they can actually prove abuse. However, a ruling that homeschooling is not legal is disastrous for good homeschooling families all across CA.