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Old 02-06-2008, 03:10 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Bear View Post
All “home” educating should be banned.

Children need to grow up equipped in the best way possible to live in the real world and that includes socialising with others and if that means developing a thick skin be it from experience or scar tissue the sooner they do so the better.
I must agree with the general condemnation of these comments Bear. I do sympathise with the need to socialise, my secondary school years were great mainly due to socialising. But it should be the right of the parent to teach their children and the less state brainwashing we have th better.
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