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Today is the first annual #DayoftheHomeschooledChild, which is started by @ResponsibleHS to memorialize those who have been harmed or killed because of homeschool deregulation and parental rights extremism.

I was a homeschooled child who experienced educational neglect.
In 48 states it is legal for a documented, confirmed child abuser to homeschool their children.

So many of the deaths we document at hsinvisiblechildren.org occurred when a CPS case was opened and children were withdrawn from school to evade oversight and accountability.
My education was neglected because it was more important to my father that I help with the younger kids and relieve him of labor he should have been doing as a coparent.

This was legal in Virginia because we homeschooled under Religious Exemption responsiblehomeschooling.org/virginia-schoo…
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