Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:13PM (#38091450)

I think I can explain the confusution.

The state dictating and setting the rules is no more free than the parents setting the rules.

This basically comes down to an argument not of freedom, but if the children are property of the state or parents.

When you look at it this way, it makes perfect sense that libertairian minded folks would support homeschooling.

After all, the state isnt offering the freedom of choice and action to children, it is making legal requirements and demands.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by smcg on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:01AM (#38099111)

Children are no one's property. Their guardians have a responsibility to them, they do not own them.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:16PM (#38100436)

Obviously not. The question remains of who gets to shape and control their identity and future.

Is the purpose of their lives to serve the interests of the state, or society at large? Or should they be live their lives based on their own interests and priorities.

the libertarian perspective is that if you grant the state and society the authority to control the child, it will use that authority to advance the interests of the state or society.

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