A while ago, home educators watched (if they could bear it and weren’t too busy packing ready to claim asylum in the US) the reading of the latest Education Bill as it went through the House of Lords. We had some fairly strong support, which was heartening and said a lot for the people who […]
Open Letter to Fern Britton & Jeremy Vine
I write to you regarding your shameful coverage of the Khyra Ishaq case on the Jeremy Vine Show on Friday. While the interview was conducted by Fern, it was done in the name of JV and quite honestly, you should both be ashamed. Fern, to be a journalist is many things; there is, without doubt, […]
You may say i am mentally ill. I couldn't possibly comment.
Münchhausen’s By Proxy – that weapon of war against mothers. Used to vilify women in all sorts of scenarios and now, thankfully, largely dead in the water after Dr Roy Meadows was discredited for using it to bring to their knees the mothers of children who fell victim to cot death. I do not have […]
Equations = Power
Fran and i have been learning equations this last few weeks. I never liked equations; as a child, i struggled to see use for much of what i learned in maths and because i couldn’t see why or how to use them in real life, i didn’t really learn how they were working or why […]
Mr Badman now seeks evidence to back up his claims of abuse and danger to home educated children
An odd way round to do it 🙁 Even if you don’t agree with Home Educating and you think my children deserve better than to be locked up at home all day, please read this then read this letter and then ask yourself if scrabbling for evidence after the event smacks a little of the […]
What the Home Education Review will really mean.
An English Man’s Home Is His Castle. But not any more thanks to Mr Badman, Mr Balls & the Labour Government. Instead, a review that was clearly a whitewash from the start, clearly had a pre-determined outcome and was never intended to give support to Home Educators, has been turned into another (yes, ANOTHER) actual […]
