Thread by @V_Sojo

When ever I try to draw people's attention to the social evils that #homeschooling may intentionally or unemotionally promote, I get the word the word 'parental choice' thrown at me!

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It seems that the parents have the right to choose how to educate their children and therefore you should not discourage a parent who exercises that right to choose #homeschooling, they tell me!

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Well, let me tell you a little story about the parental choice argument!

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Up until 60s and 70s, in USA, it was illegal to keep children at home, in all 50 states. The Governments insisted that parents must send their children to schools, instead of keeping them at home.

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In 1925, the Society of Sisters went to court against Oregon’s Compulsory Education Act 1922. The Act insisted that parents send their children to public schools instead of homeschooling them or sending them to religious schools.

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In 1972, Yoder from the Old Order Amish, a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church, went to court asking for permission to send children to school only after Grade 8.

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Both the parties argued the case based on 'the parent's right to choose'

Remember, both cases were sponsored by the Church!

What is the interest of the Church, the most anti-choice organization in the world, about the parents' right to choose? (Remember, the church does not encourage people to choose - for example the right to choose abortion!)

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As I write this today, #Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states in USA and statistics tell us that mostly traditional Christians opt for it.

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Why would they opt for it? Because they do not want the State to indoctrinate their children with their pro-choice liberal agenda.

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I think a similar theme is playing out in India. The Right to Education Act clearly states that children under 18 must be sent to schools. Yet, we have Venture Capitalists pumping in money on CSR funded initiatives that advocate #homeschooling.

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I think it is important for us to evaluate their political inclinations and social leanings, apart from their pro-parent choice and pro-open-source cover before we buy their homeschool-charity story!
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