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Originally Posted by jinx
Homeschooling is working well for us at the moment. I'd like to see financial incentives and community based facilities and equipment that would make home schooling possible for more people.
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Unfortunately, that seems to be going the other way. The Nanny State doesn't want us doing things that take money away from traditional institutions. Same deal with midwifery, especially here in Missouri. Who'd have ever thought it could be illegal to have a planned birth at home?
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Just in response to this small section; in the deep dark days before we all had schools (public or otherwise) everyone home schooled (as we all know). As communities grew, some parents got together and used what might be described as community facilities to educate their kids which then led to the parents electing perhaps one of the parents to teach all the kids which of course then led to the development of the public education system as we know it today. So what I'm saying is, if you're homeschooling, then you're doing it to stay away from community based facilities such as ultimately lead to schools historically.
I don't really care either way, but I just thought it would be interesting to point out an obvious fact.