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Homeschooling and vegetarianism have several things in common. Individual and human rights is a fundamental element of both practices. In the case of homeschooling bill in California in which the wording essentially made homeschooling illegal for non certified teacher parents. Keep up with the latest in the case at The Home School Legal Defense Association: http:\/\/www.hslda.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of inequalities in regards to vegetarianism, first the animals that are slaughtered to provide meat have no laws on the books to protect them although countless people and groups are working on creating such laws. http:\/\/www.peta.org\/ is a good place to research the topic of animal rights.<\/p>\n

There is no such law that outright disenables individuals from being a vegetarian but there are individual and regional inequalities providing constant limitations to the diet\/ lifestyle. Vegetarians have limited access or availability to non-meat items, as is the case at restaurants and in our children\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n

Another interesting parallel between homeschooling and vegetarianism is spurred by misconceptions and assumptions from the uninformed public.<\/p>\n

Take the argument that a vegetarian diet provides inadequate nutrition, especially that of protein. As vegetarians, we know that a well balanced diet of legumes, vegetables, fruits, grains, (and nuts if tolerated) provide all of the necessary dietary requirements.<\/p>\n

Well, homeschooler critics claim that cite lack of socialization and academic quality occur outside of the traditional school setting. Just as nutrients are found outside of a meatless diet, homeschoolers can and do receive excellent educations and meaningful social interactions. Critics may point to extreme cases in both vegetarianism and homeschooling. Sure, exclusively feeding children candy bars and soda just as denying children any social or educational opportunities would logically cause a deficiency in both scenarios. There are apparently abuses in any field. However, the majority of vegetarians and homeschooling parents love and well informed parents.<\/p>\n

Balance and wisdom are essential components in the areas of both homeschooling as well as vegetarianism. However, that does not mean that participants must fall within accepted stereotypes. As a single low income idealistic protective loving parent, I first came to the realization that killing animals was wrong even after a relative told me that vegetarians are usually wealthy. A couple of years later, I was fraught with guilt over leaving my son to survive with a one size fits all curriculum, classroom style punsishments which The common practice of which the whole class is chastised for the actions of one or a few, as well as being routinely denied access to personal care needs such as going to the bathroom and getting a drink of water.<\/p>\n

Yes, as a single working parent, there were numerous challenges as a parent of a vegetarian homeschooling child. Well, meaning people would give my son vegetarian food items or provide misinformation on vegetarianism as well as homeschooling. \u201cIf you don\u2019t go to school you wont have any friends and you won\u2019t get a good education\u201d and \u201c God made animals to eat\u201d. The biggest challenge though was lack of consistent childcare as some caregivers refused to provide childcare due to his nonattendance at traditional school. We homeschooled for a few years after which my son graduated from a traditional public high school and was accepted into a prestigious highly selective college. Oh, and he\u2019s still vegetarian!<\/p>\n

Loving individual tutelage and role-modeling does pay off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Homeschooling and vegetarianism have several things in common. Individual and human rights is a fundamental element of both practices. In the case of homeschooling bill in California in which the wording essentially made homeschooling illegal for non certified teacher parents. Keep up with the latest in the case at The Home School Legal Defense Association: http:\/\/www.hslda.org Speaking of inequalities in regards to vegetarianism, first the animals that are slaughtered to provide meat have no laws on the books to protect them although countless people and groups are working on creating such laws. http:\/\/www.peta.org\/ is a good place to research the topic of animal rights. There is no such law that outright disenables individuals from being a vegetarian but there are individual and regional inequalities providing constant limitations to the diet\/ lifestyle. 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