It's the fault of the parents!

Just been reading an article over on The Times about claims that 1 in 14 children cannot speak properly.

The interesting bit is in the comments - many are quite adamant that it is down to the parents to teach their children to speak and it is the failing of the parents resulting in the speach problems of their children.

I wholeheartedly agree, yet the government has spent years undermining parents, drumming into them that they should leave education to the 'experts' who know better than they do.

The parents that have stood up and taken full responsibility for their childrens' education by not sending them to school and embarking on the journey known as home education are constantly attacked and slandered with wholly unfounded assertions that they 'could' be abusing their children.

Home educators are threatened with state imposed monitoring and control over the education they provide, with insinuations of abuse and thus a need for checking that their children are 'safe'.

Abuse rates amongst home educating families are half that of the general population, the knowledge and abilities of the children are shown generally to be far greater than those that go through the school system yet the government cannot leave them alone, they are determined to drag those children down to the state school standard in the name of giving them 'the same opportunities'.

Hey, Ed, read the article, read the comments and leave them kids alone - it IS down to the parents to teach their children, many want to do just that - let them get on with it!!