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Bill Proposes Massive Invasion of Every Family

Jul 3, 2013MelissaInformative, Legislation, News

Written by Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research at HSLDA

The government of Scotland is proposing the ultimate invasion of the family in order to “protect” children. According to legislation proposed by the government (and which faces no organized opposition), a social worker will be assigned to monitor each and every child from birth. The government social worker would have the authority and responsibility to “safeguard the wellbeing of the child or young person” through “(i) advising, informing, or supporting the child…, (ii) helping the child…to access a service or support, or (iii) discussing, or raising, a matter about the child” with other government agencies.¹

In short, every child will be assigned his own mandatory reporter/government monitor from birth.
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5 Tips for New Homeschool Parents

Jul 2, 2013MelissaClassroom Help, Informative, Organization

Written By: Karen DeBeus
http://hedua.com/blog/new-homeschool-parents/

Looking back over the years there is so much I have learned on this journey called “homeschooling.” So many times it is like God is teaching me as much, or even more, than my kids. If I could go back and change so many things I would, yet I know that God worked it all for good. I also know I have an opportunity to share what I heave learned with those who are now just beginning their homeschool journey… and that is a gift. To pass down some lessons learned (many the hard way!) so that others can learn from them. (more…)

A Modern Famous Home Scholar

Jul 1, 2013MelissaBiography

Jedediah Purdy

Jedediah Purdy is a law professor at Duke University and the author of several popular books on American culture and history. His first book, For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today, was published in 1999, when Purdy was a 24 year old law student at Yale University, and made him something of an intellectual and political celebrity. Purdy, who is known for his earnest demeanor and unabashed concern for things that matter, described the book as “one young man’s letter of love for the world’s possibilities.” Purdy’s parents were self-described hippies seeking an honest, simple, rural life when they moved from Pennsylvania to a farm in West Virginia shortly before he was born. They named their little boy after Jedediah Strong Smith, the famed mountain man and Western explorer of the 19th century. Purdy was home schooled until age 13, eventually making his way to Exeter and then Harvard University, before completing his law degree at Yale. A “wildly popular” teacher at Duke, Purdy recently finished a book on the nature and origins of private property.