Homeschooling and Political Resistance
Why Homeschooling Is The Most Effective Political Resistance
By Mystie Winckler. Originally published on February 17, 2022 by The Federalist.
When the left calls homeschoolers ‘reactionary,’ we should take it as a compliment: Our actions are hindering their goals.
I grew up homeschooled in the 1980s when no one outside the Focus on the Family audience had heard of homeschooling. I remember the looks we’d get at the grocery store if we went during school hours.
It’s different now. These days when I take my crew, the checkout lady knows we’re homeschooled because I have polite and helpful children. She says, “Oh, I wish we could have homeschooled!”
Homeschooling has become more and more widespread over my own 13-year stint as a homeschooling mom, astronomically so in the last two years. Schools’ safety measures, such as inhumane mask requirements and risky vaccine mandates, are making parents fear for their children’s well-being.
Those who never thought they’d homeschool are seriously considering it. Many are nervous though, as they imagine their kids may become socially awkward.
Even though homeschooling is much more mainstream than when I was growing up, it still makes people look at you funny. Back in the ’80s and still today, homeschoolers get called reactionary. And it’s true: we are. Since the French Revolution, “reactionary” has referred to those “opposing political or social liberalization.”
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To learn more about home education in Indiana, visit Indiana Association of Home Educators.
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