Valorie Delp's comments

Answering Questions About California's Now Infamous Court Case

09 Mar 2008 05:55 PM

LOL I was always wondering how that happened! Now I know.

I have not read that the children sued their own parents for child abuse. In fact, I believe I read that the child whose lawyer was pursuing the hsing ruling, was saying he wanted to go back to hsing and they refused to hold a seperate hearing on that bc he was a minor and later admitted that they should've. . .

But I tend to agree with you. I am not forseeing hundreds of thousands of homeschoolers being schlepped into jail this coming week as a result of this ruling. ;-)

Edventures Online

09 Mar 2008 06:45 AM

I was thinking of you when I wrote this! You'll have to let me know if it's a good fit for your son. They don't really give ages for things. . .but I'm thinking middle school. But check it out. I signed up both dd and ds. . .and I was pleased that it's not exorbatant like other online subscriptions.

Ask a Baby Blogger: Can Too Much Exercise Make Your Milk Sour?

09 Mar 2008 06:31 AM

Thanks.

"Momnesia" Is Not Just in Your Head

09 Mar 2008 03:34 AM

Yeah, that's about right!

Answering Questions About California's Now Infamous Court Case

08 Mar 2008 08:50 PM

What CNN is reporting is different than what I have originally read. In their article they say essentially that one of the children reported the parents for abuse and that DCFS then turned to the courts to ask the courts to force the children to go back to school, claiming that abuse would be spotted more easily if they were in school. So in other words, this is saying they were never taken to court (or charged criminally) for abuse. Hoe that clarifies.

Answering Questions About California's Now Infamous Court Case

08 Mar 2008 08:26 PM

Deedee1231--I agree that the judge has stepped out of bounds and frankly, I think the lawyer that petitioned the judges to do so was also out of bounds. However, I have a theory on that one. ;-)

It hasn't been entirely clear in the media that the cases were separate things. . .and frankly, I think that's somewhat on purpose by some media outlets. I'm not sure if both items were ruled on simultaneously or if one happened and then later the other happened. I believe it's the latter. . .that the petition to force the children into public school was brought as a result of the decision in the first matter ruled on.

Why What Happens in California Matters

08 Mar 2008 06:33 AM

Because the case at hand was about homeschooling. . .not abuse. The abuse allegations were a seperate issue in a seperate court. I am going to write more on this today.

Why What Happens in California Matters

07 Mar 2008 11:13 AM

Yeah--and they've been very careful about what htey say. They are filing an appeal to "depublish" the ruling and are being very conscientious about saying that it's on behalf of their 13,000 member families in CA.

Why What Happens in California Matters

07 Mar 2008 07:06 AM

LOL That's a pretty good analogy. It will be interesting to see what comes of this. Of couse HSLDA is all over it. But since the family wasn't a member family--they only heard of it when the decision was already in the works. So I am curious to know if the family was in compliance with the law. That doesn't make the decision right, again, bc it's written to include all homeschoolers. But it's scary to see the court system change the law rather than uphold and interpret it.

Why Exactly Are We So Concerned About Socialization Anyways?

06 Mar 2008 03:46 AM

My dh and I were just talking about this very same thing. We just seem to really believe that it can't be done without friends. It used to be that in general, people thought you "socialized" with the other kids down the street on Saturday afternoons. The idea of socializing during school, IMO, is a very recent one.