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Amethyst · 10-31-2015, 07:24 PM

I'm not a fan of home schooling. I agree that there are certain cases where circumstances make it the best option, but I don't think it is for the vast majority of children. Whether for religious reasons or others, most people who choose home schooling do so because they want to keep their children apart from others.

This leads to the question of what happens when the child grows up? Does the child become a member of a group that closes itself off from society? In some cases, that is the goal. Or does the child now have to try and fit into a society that he/she was either not a part of, or only a part-time member of during childhood? How does your child learn to deal with society as an adult, if he/she didn't start the process as a child? Not impossible, but much harder in many cases.

Now the above is assuming that the children were taught the basic curriculum, which I think is a requirement in Alberta. A family like the Duggars, however, appears not to follow anything close to a typical curriculum and instead has older children instructing younger ones in mostly religious knowledge. If there is going to be home schooling in the province, these are not the people who should be telling others how to do it (even without getting into accusations of sexual abuse).

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Amethyst First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Calgary Exp:	I'm not a fan of home schooling. I agree that there are certain cases where circumstances make it the best option, but I don't think it is for the vast majority of children. Whether for religious reasons or others, most people who choose home schooling do so because they want to keep their children apart from others. This leads to the question of what happens when the child grows up? Does the child become a member of a group that closes itself off from society? In some cases, that is the goal. Or does the child now have to try and fit into a society that he/she was either not a part of, or only a part-time member of during childhood? How does your child learn to deal with society as an adult, if he/she didn't start the process as a child? Not impossible, but much harder in many cases. Now the above is assuming that the children were taught the basic curriculum, which I think is a requirement in Alberta. A family like the Duggars, however, appears not to follow anything close to a typical curriculum and instead has older children instructing younger ones in mostly religious knowledge. If there is going to be home schooling in the province, these are not the people who should be telling others how to do it (even without getting into accusations of sexual abuse).