How American Homeschoolers Enabled and Funded German Child Abuse

The Twelve Tribes has been actively defended directly and indirectly through the actions of American homeschool advocates.

End Child Protection: Doug Phillips, HSLDA, and the 2009 Men’s Leadership Summit

Laid out at the 2009 Men’s Leadership Summit was a vision that entails a fundamental redefinition of how our society thinks about child abuse. That fundamental redefinition would have extraordinary ramifications for all children in this country.

HSLDA and Child Abuse: The Deregulation of Homeschooling

“The problem here is very similar to HSLDA’s problem when it comes to child abuse. Both educational neglect and child abuse do take place in HSLDA member families, and they also take place in families that merely use homeschooling as an excuse to educationally neglect and physically abuse their children.”

HSLDA and Child Abuse: HSLDA’s Defense of Child Abuse

“HSLDA opposes laws that would ban hitting children with physical objects, striking or whipping children so as to cause bodily harm in a manner that judges would not consider ‘reasonable discipline,’ and disciplining children in a manner that leaves significant bruises or welts.”

HSLDA and Child Abuse: HSLDA’s Stonewalling of Child Abuse Investigations

“Through its books, email alerts, and magazine, HSLDA plants a fear of social workers and CPS investigations deep in the heart of both parents and children—even leading them to believe that CPS workers commonly remove children from their parents without justification.”

HSLDA and Child Abuse: HSLDA’s Fight against Child Abuse Reporting

“In HSLDA’s ideal world, only those who directly witness child abuse occurring and are willing to go on the record and be sued and charged with a crime if their allegations turn out to be unsubstantiated should call in child abuse tips. Think about that for a moment, and then ask yourself what that would mean.”