Last summer as the whole country was in the midst of an explosion of homeschooling, Harvard University was attacking homeschooling as dangerous for children and calling for laws that would “presumptively ban” the practice.
They even made the unfounded argument that child abuse would increase as children were at home instead of in school!
I wrote then, “This position is so lacking in documentation that it has been roundly disparaged across the political spectrum.”
In response to the anti-homeschooling Harvard professor, Dr. Peter Gray wrote in Psychology Today: “On the basis of available evidence, it is absurd to believe that the total amount of hurt done to children would go down rather than up if homeschooling were outlawed.”
Recently the Associated Press reported that officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services say that this forecast of increased child abuse by parents did not happen. All the predictions that child abuse would rise as homeschooling numbers were on the rise proved to be incorrect.
The AP says officials explained, “The report showed that the number of children determined to be victims of abuse and neglect fell for the first time in five years, dropping more than 3%. In 2019, 656,000 children were maltreated, down from 677,000 in 2018, the report said.”
So instead of the increase in child abuse that the “experts” at Harvard predicted there appears to be a major drop for the first time in five years! I’m still waiting for the Harvard law professor to acknowledge this.
I couldn’t agree more with the HHS official who said in June of 2020, “To sound alarm bells, because teachers aren’t seeing kids every day, that parents are waiting to harm their kids — it’s an unfair depiction of so many parents out there doing their best under very tough circumstances.”
Despite uncalled for attacks on homeschooling itself and attacks on the competence of homeschooling parents, homeschooling continues to grow at record rates. The homeschool community will continue to stand strong and fight against those who try to take homeschooling freedom away from families.
THSC believes that parents should be empowered to raise and educate the next generation of leaders, free from attacks on their character and their good intentions for their children.
THSC is dedicated to Keeping Texas Families Free. Please consider joining as a THSC member or making a donation to THSC today!
Last summer as the whole country was in the midst of an explosion of homeschooling, Harvard University was attacking homeschooling as dangerous for children and calling for laws that would “presumptively ban” the practice.
They even made the unfounded argument that child abuse would increase as children were at home instead of in school!
I wrote then, “This position is so lacking in documentation that it has been roundly disparaged across the political spectrum.”
In response to the anti-homeschooling Harvard professor, Dr. Peter Gray wrote in Psychology Today: “On the basis of available evidence, it is absurd to believe that the total amount of hurt done to children would go down rather than up if homeschooling were outlawed.”
Recently the Associated Press reported that officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services say that this forecast of increased child abuse by parents did not happen. All the predictions that child abuse would rise as homeschooling numbers were on the rise proved to be incorrect.
The AP says officials explained, “The report showed that the number of children determined to be victims of abuse and neglect fell for the first time in five years, dropping more than 3%. In 2019, 656,000 children were maltreated, down from 677,000 in 2018, the report said.”
So instead of the increase in child abuse that the “experts” at Harvard predicted there appears to be a major drop for the first time in five years! I’m still waiting for the Harvard law professor to acknowledge this.
I couldn’t agree more with the HHS official who said in June of 2020, “To sound alarm bells, because teachers aren’t seeing kids every day, that parents are waiting to harm their kids — it’s an unfair depiction of so many parents out there doing their best under very tough circumstances.”
Despite uncalled for attacks on homeschooling itself and attacks on the competence of homeschooling parents, homeschooling continues to grow at record rates. The homeschool community will continue to stand strong and fight against those who try to take homeschooling freedom away from families.
THSC believes that parents should be empowered to raise and educate the next generation of leaders, free from attacks on their character and their good intentions for their children.
THSC is dedicated to Keeping Texas Families Free. Please consider joining as a THSC member or making a donation to THSC today!
