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My problem with homeschooling is that it's completely unregulated. This is a huge problem given that parental involvement is the single biggest determinant of c

by nunez 3y ago

My problem with homeschooling is that it's completely unregulated. This is a huge problem given that parental involvement is the single biggest determinant of children's success and growth. Public school is treated like a huge daycare by many, but at least kids from negligent parents _had_ to go. My concern is that parents can now say "we're homeschooling" when in reality they're doing fuck all and, worse, are using their kids as house labor.

uticus 3y ago
> parental involvement is the single biggest determinant of children's success and growth yes! > my problem with homeschooling is that it's completely unregulated oh dear. so...if perhaps you meant "not regulated to x standards" i could agree more readily with that, at least in US / many European. but even conceding that, regulation historically has tended to effectively supplant parental involvement with state involvement (speaking about actual effects of regulation, not intentions). contra your first point about parental involvement. i suppose it's possible future regulation could be different. but i see no reason given the current cultural climate to think future regulations will in fact uphold parental responsibility over state responsibility. and besides it appears to me that government funded schooling is being held up as the "huge daycare." it has automatic funding in most places - even those who would not wish to pay, even those who never have children involved in it are contributing. it is in fact consistently used as a way to collect more taxes, but i digress. if i were a lax parent i would not have any inclination to move away from something that is already paid for and easy for me. or if i simply needed a place for my children to go for 8 hours out of the day government funded schooling is an obvious easy option. in short regulation is not the solution to bad parenting, nor is it a good way to prevent bad parenting.

by nunez 3y ago

uticus 3y ago

> parental involvement is the single biggest determinant of children's success and growth yes! > my problem with homeschooling is that it's completely unregulated oh dear. so...if perhaps you meant "not regulated to x standards" i could agree more readily with that, at least in US / many European. but even conceding that, regulation historically has tended to effectively supplant parental involvement with state involvement (speaking about actual effects of regulation, not intentions). contra your first point about parental involvement. i suppose it's possible future regulation could be different. but i see no reason given the current cultural climate to think future regulations will in fact uphold parental responsibility over state responsibility. and besides it appears to me that government funded schooling is being held up as the "huge daycare." it has automatic funding in most places - even those who would not wish to pay, even those who never have children involved in it are contributing. it is in fact consistently used as a way to collect more taxes, but i digress. if i were a lax parent i would not have any inclination to move away from something that is already paid for and easy for me. or if i simply needed a place for my children to go for 8 hours out of the day government funded schooling is an obvious easy option. in short regulation is not the solution to bad parenting, nor is it a good way to prevent bad parenting.