Posted on 05/09/2015 11:42:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
I agree they look healthy and happy.
Permanent camping is what it looks like. You go go up in the hill country in several states and see life as this.....not so sure of the legal issues surrounding this but seems to me they should be left alone as they are....unfortunately the mother could have simply let the authorities check on her kids in the first place...she refused from the get go and the rest followed. ....unnecessary IMO.
At the risk of being crude-I doubt that any kid who has been on a family camping trip-or who is just plain skilled at eavesdropping-has not heard mom and dad rocking and rolling-I don’t think I’m damaged by knowing what went on...
There is a pipe for letting out the smoke from a woodstove in the photo-I’ve used one of those to keep warm-and cook, too-many times-even recently. If you have the right sleeve at the top, it can be safely used in a tent or a yurt.
I am surprised unschooling is even legal in some states. The parents should be required to meet with local education officials at least once a year to present the kids for ‘inspection’ and testing, etc.
Unschooling has been around for a long time. It is a term that does not really mean what it says. I was never attracted to it in that I preferred a curriculum. But those that follow that plan do teach all the subjects. They just do it in deep context with real life. I understand the concept. It was not for me. Some of their results have been very impressive.
I believe “unschooling” is not teaching the kids and letting them learn naturally.
It’s how kids learned computer programming before the schools started teaching it.
http://kathrynbrightbill.com/post/118481565656/here-are-7-surprising-things-you-need-to-know
I didn’t see one thing in that link that even comes close to justifying the kidnapping of their children. There were several things there that go a long way towards their defense.
“The parents should be required to meet with local education officials at least once a year to present the kids for ‘inspection’ and testing, etc.”
Sounds racist.
Those are not forced smiles on those kids...generally these are easy to spot...but these kids seem to be just fine IMO.
Sounds like it’s all about letting the authorities check on the kids...and they’ve refused. So that defiance has lead to where things are now.
At issue of course and often is so, is how the authorites slipped in approaching this recent encounter...should of had a CPS individual there.....
However...this has been going on for some time with this family so there’s a lot more we are not being told about this case....my gut says it’s a couple that has taken their knowledge of their rights too far and creating their own situations as a result.
Yes but while they are learning naturally I do believe the parents are suppose to be sure they are taking in all their subjects. It is not entirely devoid of planning. At least that is how I understood it at homeschool workshops.
I would not be surprised that if the authorities found lots of 'skunkweed' planted around the property. The parents sound like hippies. Was their property located on Copperhead Road?
The pic you posted in post #56 is of the same structure in the pic in post #58 taken from opposite sides.
Inspection and testing of kids was/is required in communist countries-in Russia it was done so the kid could be assigned an occupation the state decided they were suited to when they came of age. Ira Levin also used the concept in his dystopian novel “This Perfect Day”. But the last time I checked, this was still America...
Playing in mud does not harm kids. Abducting them from their parents, does.
I don’t think it is one thing. It’s a lot of things. Mostly it’s the hippie generation cracking down on a different hippie generation.
Don’t confuse homeschool with unschool.
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