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A Call for Submissions, Other Carnivals and RSS

June 21, 2006 – 5:36 am

My actual post for today is here. It’s my personal take on the whole fiasco with this thing with homeschooling in Belgium. But here is a listing of things I need to get to:
1) I’m hosting the Carnival of Kid Comedy this week. Please find some humor in your munchkins and forward it [...]

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Belgium, Belien, the CRC…and the Suppression of Speech

June 21, 2006 – 2:51 am

I’ve been following a little of the discussion regarding Paul Belien being interrogated by the authorities in Belgium. Apparently, homeschoolers in Belgium, inspired by the UN’s Convention of the Rights of the Child, must agree to educate “respecting the respect [sic] for the fundamental human rights and the cultural values of the child itself [...]