In the July/August 2009 issue of Home Education Magazine Larry and Susan Kaseman address a very timely issue:
Yes – Parental Rights, No – Constitutional Amendment
As citizens, we need to be alert for threats to our rights and responsibilities, whether these threats come from the government or other organizations or both. Our rights and responsibilities as parents are no exception. Threats to parental rights are coming from two major sources.
One is the push for greater involvement of government and professionals in the lives, health, upbringing, and education of children from birth to age five. This push from both Republican and Democratic politicians and administrations, professionals in early childhood education and health, professional organizations, and business has been going on for decades. It sends strong messages: parents are not capable of raising and educating their own young children, screenings and professional intervention are necessary, and it’s a good idea to remove young children from the love and security of their families and institutionalize them. We can counter this threat by taking responsibility for our own families, knowing what our rights are, and exercising them.
Another threat to parental rights is the push for a parental rights amendment to the US Constitution…
Continue reading this important column online – free – at the link above. Other recent Kaseman columns which also address this issue:
Can a Constitutional Amendment Protect Parental Rights?
At first glance, adding a parental rights amendment to the U S Constitution might seem like a good way to make these rights more secure. In fact, some well-known homeschoolers are promoting such an amendment. However, an amendment would not protect our rights and, in fact, would actually undermine them.
Happy 12th birthday to parental rights article
It was twelve years ago this month that an article about the push from HSLDA for a parental rights amendment to the United States Constitution was published in Home Education Magazine:
Do We Want to Turn Our Parental Rights and Responsibilities Over to the Government?, January/February 1996, Home Education Magazine
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