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If you are a homeschooler, your aim is to educate them within their best interests, right? However under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically, Articles 13, 14 and 15, your right to Homeschool your child could be in danger.

Even though the US has not ratified this, but being a leading member of the United Nations, how long will it be before the United States are made to comply with this Convention, in order to remain a member of the United Nations and made to comply with this international law?

Let us look at what the implications on you, the homeschooler will be if and when the US do ratify this Convention.

Under Article 13 you could be subject to prosecution if your child/ren interact with material that you deem that is unacceptable. So, you would have to then teach them and provide them with books and other learning material, which you personally deem unfit and morally unethically, objectionable and repulsive because if you didn't you would be subject to prosecution.

Under Article 14 children are guaranteed freedom of thought, conscience and religion. So, if you are an active single faith homeschooler and you believe in teaching your child within your religious believes, you could be prosecuted especially if your religion does not acknowledge some of the beliefs of other religions eg Christanities belief in that Jesus was the son of God and that of many other faiths that he was not the Son of God, but only a Prophet and that the Son of God has yet to come.

Under Article 15 children have the right to freedom of association. This in my opinion is by far the biggest threat to homeschoolers rights. By homeschooling, you do not want your child associating with drug dealers, gang members and those that practice anti-social behaviour, bullying or violence; that may be educated within the public school system; but by homeschooling, you would be prosecuted for not giving your child the opportunity to associate with them.

You as a parent would then have to agree to school your child "respecting the respect (sic)." Which is directly inspired by this Convention. This statement means that if 2 or more government inspectors, that you had to allow into your home, who then intimidate, interrogate and then report negatively on your homeschooling; then the state would have the right to force your child to attend a public school.

In other words your parental autonomy over homeschooling, even if it was in the best interests of your child and that you believed that the public school system was totally inadequate to meet the needs and safety of your child, would end.

Your local school board, through your state and national governments, would have the right to impose its own educational agenda, under the "respecting the respect" which will be designed to ensure that no parent has the opportunity to object or question its opinions. In other words the definition of "respecting the respect", is that parents will not be able to legally - directly or indirectly - or morally, object against a local or national educational body's or their appointed agents or representatives decisions or opinions concerning the education of your child. If you do, you will be in breach of the law and be prosecuted. In other words effectively eliminating homeschooling as a parental educational option and right.

Campaign now by letter, emails etc to your local and national government representatives for the fundemental rights of parents in the democratic United States to have the choice to home educate your child/ren in your own values.

USE YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO HOMESCHOOL NOW OR LOSE IT!