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Would You Consider Homeschooling Your Tots?
As frustration with the nation's educational system grows — with concerns over class size, funding curriculum and budget cuts — many families have turned to homeschooling for their lil one's education. According to the US Department of Education, approximately 1.5 million tots were taught at home last year.
While homeschooling may reduce tuition costs and exposure to outside influences, the decision to do so is not an easy one.
Homeschooling German Family Seeks Asylum in US
Like many Europeans before them, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike have left the mother country for America under a cloud of religious persecution. That's what the husband and wife are telling US immigration authorities, anyway. The couple says they were persecuted in Germany for their evangelical Christian beliefs and for homeschooling their children.
California Parents Do Not Have Right to Homeschool
This week, a California appeals court reaffirmed the state's compulsory education statute — which requires parents to send children to an accredited full-time day school, or have their children instructed at home by a credentialed tutor. The panel of three judges, rejected the notion that parents have a constitutional right to educate their children at home.
The parents in the lawsuit also argued that the state's law violated their freedom of religion.
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Many Blessings: Christian Sect Believes Its Kids Will Fix the US
It's not uncommon to say children are a blessing, but Quiverfull (the name of a small movement among Christian Evangelicals) families take the belief very, very seriously. So much that they eschew all forms of birth control, even natural methods, and 10-children families have become the norm. Is it so there's enough love to go around?
Preschool Isn't Mandatory, Mom Can Teach It Too
If mama always knows best, then why send her tot off to school? Or nursery school at least? During one of my many preschool tours, a gutsy mother asked a bold question to the director.
Interview With Michelle Duggar: Mother of 18 Children (PART II)
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are perhaps one of America's most fascinating couples. They are raising their eighteen children with conservative values in a very progressive world as the cameras roll for their TLC show, The Duggars: 17 Kids and Counting.
With twenty personalities (21 including their first daughter-in-law, Anna), visitors coming in and out, and Jim Bob's parents living with them so they can help care for his ailing father, how do they keep the peace?
Lindsay and Ali Continue Their Sisterly Shopping Sprees
Lindsay and Ali Lohan spent the weekend hitting the stores together in LA. The sisters have been inseparable lately due to Ali's flexible home-schooling schedule. LL's previous constant companion Samantha was spotted with the actress a few times last week, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are headed for a reunion.
Lil Links: Who Was Your Childhood Celebrity Crush?
- Your childhood celebrity boyfriend or girlfriend? — The Poop
- Ava Jackman has a wheel good time! — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Russell Crowe's Bondi beach fun — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Mom gives birth to eight babies!
Interview With Michelle Duggar: Mother of 18 Children (Part I)
Michelle Duggar has been pregnant for 12 years if you combine all the time she spent carrying her 18 children. She and her husband, Jim Bob, have two sets of twins in their brood aged one month to 21 years old.
The mom and dad made famous by TLC's 17 Kids and Counting took time away from their family to chat with me via phone about their new book, The Duggars: 20 and Counting!, and the topics — marriage, raising children, conservative values, financial freedom, and faith — it covers, while their newest addition Jordyn gurgled in the background.
HIV-Positive Teen Bullied at School, Sues School District
While at school, a 14-year-old HIV-positive girl confronted hateful notes left on her locker, was told by her soccer coach that the team could use her HIV status to scare the other teams, and endured name-calling on a regular basis.
The AP reports that the ridicule became so harsh that the girl left school. Now being homeschooled, she has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that school officials did nothing to stop the crippling bullying.
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