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As a parent, grandparent, educator and member of society as a whole, I find "unschooling" to be a disturbing tweak on the practice of homeschooling. I can fully appreciate the desire to give our children the very best education possible while protecting them from negative influences. However, few parents are equipped to teach their own children. In an age where higher education is becoming a necessity it is important that children are prepared to enter into a higher Ed system. To do that they need not only a basic understanding of the required content areas, but also the interpersonal skills, flexibility from dealing with different personalities and systems of power and an ability to know how to jump through the hoops. These are essential skills for surviving in the workplace and are not easily attained when given the power to direct their own paths in education. In general I find that too many parents are giving up on parenting and allowing their children to make decisions that they are too immature to make. This is just another example of abdicating the role of parent to the child, to the detriment of all.

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