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Also, had social workers known that the Edgars planned to homeschool Brian, that would have raised another flag. An adoption by homeschooling parents would not have been allowed unless a top official approved it, McKenna said. State officials want foster and adoptive children to have regular contact with adults outside their families, she said.

"It would have been a big deal," McKenna said of the Edgars' decision to homeschool Brian.

HMMMMMMMMM

[Lil'freeper]

State officials want foster and adoptive children to have regular contact with adults outside their families, she said.

Fools. They must really think homeschooling is all about locking a kid up in a closet. Homeschooled kids spend more time interacting with a wider range of age groups than PS kids do and the adults in their lives are not all authoritarian NEA-bots. Homeschooling exposes children to a healthier notion of 'community'.

[TxBec]

bump!

[RAT Patrol]

Even critics of Kansas' privatized child-welfare system say Brian's case is a rare exception and agree that most children who are placed in foster care or adopted through the state are safe.

One percent or less of foster children are found to be abused when in state care, according to reports from state monitors.

Safe? I guess it all depends on how you define "safe." If you ask the kids themselves, they don't feel safe.

Interesting about the homeschooling. They let gays adopt you know? My neice (lesbian) had 2 foster kids and was going to adopt one (that she only had for one month) when she shot herself with her policewoman girlfriend's (also approved by the state) gun.

But I would be unfit, apparently. Nice.

[FourPeas]

State officials want foster and adoptive children to have regular contact with adults outside their families, she said.

What a fine example of pure government ignorance. Strange, most people who interact with homeschooling children are impressed with how well "socialized" they are. This is true for my children. I've always credited it, at least in part, by the fact that they have opportunities to have regular contact with adults (actually persons of all ages) outside our family.

Apparently the state is unaware that children in goverment schools are placed in a classroom with agemates and one, perhaps two, adults for the majority of day.