Comments on: Happy 12th birthday to parental rights article http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/activist-homeschoolers/happy-12th-birthday-to-parental-rights-article/ Exploring homeschooling issues, ideas, and more Wed, 09 May 2012 18:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Helen Hegener http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/activist-homeschoolers/happy-12th-birthday-to-parental-rights-article/#comment-1504 Helen Hegener Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:09:18 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=1344#comment-1504 Hello Dr. Potter, I am the co-publisher and managing editor of Home Education Magazine and I appreciate your taking the time to share your opinion and your views, and the link to your website, with our readers. I did read your blog and I can see that you are, indeed, passionate about the issue of parental rights being eroded. I assure you it is a primary concern for us at HEM as well. The post referenced here, which was about the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), and NOT about parental rights, was written in the context of many other posts on the topic, and readers who saw it at the time were undoubtedly familiar with the issues raised and the problems discussed. Taken by itself two years later I can certainly see how you would consider it less than balanced, because balance was never the intent. Information and analysis was. The title of this blog is News & Commentary, and the editor of this blog at the time this post was written, Valerie Bonham Moon, was well versed in the dynamics surrounding the issues addressed. She kept her readership well versed also, and the easy familiarity of her writing in this post showcases that. If you've read our weblogs for any length of time you should be aware that we are not in the habit of censoring or deleting posts or opinions we may not agree with, and we won't delete yours. You end your missive with a plea to "please, allow people to think for themselves." I assure you, that has always been the highest goal of our 28 years of publication, online and off, and that is why your post will remain. I did find much of interest and value in your blog, Dr. Potter, and I hope you'll visit ours again and perhaps tell us a little more about your view of the parental rights issue. Cordially, Helen Hegener, co-publisher Home Education Magazine http://homeedmag.com Hello Dr. Potter,

I am the co-publisher and managing editor of Home Education Magazine and I appreciate your taking the time to share your opinion and your views, and the link to your website, with our readers. I did read your blog and I can see that you are, indeed, passionate about the issue of parental rights being eroded. I assure you it is a primary concern for us at HEM as well.

The post referenced here, which was about the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), and NOT about parental rights, was written in the context of many other posts on the topic, and readers who saw it at the time were undoubtedly familiar with the issues raised and the problems discussed. Taken by itself two years later I can certainly see how you would consider it less than balanced, because balance was never the intent. Information and analysis was.

The title of this blog is News & Commentary, and the editor of this blog at the time this post was written, Valerie Bonham Moon, was well versed in the dynamics surrounding the issues addressed. She kept her readership well versed also, and the easy familiarity of her writing in this post showcases that.

If you’ve read our weblogs for any length of time you should be aware that we are not in the habit of censoring or deleting posts or opinions we may not agree with, and we won’t delete yours. You end your missive with a plea to “please, allow people to think for themselves.” I assure you, that has always been the highest goal of our 28 years of publication, online and off, and that is why your post will remain.

I did find much of interest and value in your blog, Dr. Potter, and I hope you’ll visit ours again and perhaps tell us a little more about your view of the parental rights issue.

Cordially,
Helen Hegener, co-publisher
Home Education Magazine
http://homeedmag.com

]]> By: Eric Potter MD http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/activist-homeschoolers/happy-12th-birthday-to-parental-rights-article/#comment-1503 Eric Potter MD Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:52:33 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=1344#comment-1503 Good evening, I am experiencing two conflicting emotions in reading this article. First, I am saddened by the biased presentation of the parental rights amendment as proposed by those associated with HSLDA. This seems more of an HSLDA bashing than a truly balanced discussion of this important issue. Second, I am somewhat glad that I am the first to comment, so that I can provide an alternative view. After a year and half of studying this issue intensively, I have a different opinion. For my thoughts, go to my parentalrightstn blog on blogspot.com. I hope that the editors will permit this to remain as a comment. If their stance against the amendment is correct, they should not fear readers doing further investigation. The evidence from both sides will lead them to the correct solution to the VERY REAL problem of eroding parental rights. (If someone doesn't believe it is a problem, they should search the news or read my blog as it cites such news sources.) Please, allow people to think for themselves. Sincerely, Eric Potter MD Good evening,
I am experiencing two conflicting emotions in reading this article. First, I am saddened by the biased presentation of the parental rights amendment as proposed by those associated with HSLDA. This seems more of an HSLDA bashing than a truly balanced discussion of this important issue. Second, I am somewhat glad that I am the first to comment, so that I can provide an alternative view. After a year and half of studying this issue intensively, I have a different opinion. For my thoughts, go to my parentalrightstn blog on blogspot.com.

I hope that the editors will permit this to remain as a comment. If their stance against the amendment is correct, they should not fear readers doing further investigation. The evidence from both sides will lead them to the correct solution to the VERY REAL problem of eroding parental rights. (If someone doesn’t believe it is a problem, they should search the news or read my blog as it cites such news sources.) Please, allow people to think for themselves.

Sincerely,
Eric Potter MD

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