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> It’s a sad statement that people are surprised that they have the “right” to educate their own children. I am not sure how this is handled around the world b
by atoav 3y ago
> It’s a sad statement that people are surprised that they have the “right” to educate their own children.
I am not sure how this is handled around the world but in German speaking countries there is a "Schulpflicht"/compulsory education.
So by that definition if you homeschool your children (by taking them out of the public school system) you not only have the right to educate them, you have the duty to do so.
I am not sure how it is elsewhere, but the home schooled people I got to know fall into two categories:
1. Kids with rich parents who had the funds to get the right people
2. Kids with parents belonging to some religious sect that didn't want other kids to influence theirs
Both of them can have true deficiencies when it comes to interacting with "regular people" in their lives after
- xupybd 3y agoI remember a family that gained refugee status in America due to the inability to homeschool. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/27/german-home-schooling-family-asylum https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/27/german-home-sc...
- atoav 3y agoCurious, I am not a German but from Austria (also German speaking, but a tenth of the sice and a different monarchic history for many centuries, so different in culture as well). Here it is possible to homeschool your kids, but you have to demonstrate to the school board that what the kids learn is comparable to what a public school delivers. Also, they can take that right away if they feel parents are not fulfilling their duty: https://hslda.org/post/austria https://hslda.org/post/austria