Read this article regarding homeschooling laws in California.  ”Based on one specific incident, a panel of appellate court judges in California used an opportunity not just to resolve a situation at hand, but to potentially ban homeschooling across the state of California.”  

Completely unfair and one example of government having too much control.  

I have three great friends here in Richmond who have chosen to homeschool their children.  Each of them have had spiritual confirmations that this is what’s right for their family.  And while my decision is to put my children in public school, my friends have never made me feel badly for my choice.  And neither do I look down on them.  I admire these women and have learned so much from them.  More importantly, my children learn from their kids as well.  

Before moving to VA, I had a narrow view of what homeschooling was like and was against it.  Now I see the benefits of homeschooling and why my friends chose to teach their children in their own homes.  If one day it gets to the point where I know I am suppose to homeschool my kids, I have a support group of good women and their bright children.  Even though I do not homeschool my children,  I am willing to stand up for those who do if it ever came to a point that homeschooling be banned in Virginia.  Especially as an LDS women, I know that down the road things may become so bad that I would have to pull my children out of school.  And I think it is my duty to support homeschoolers because I may just end up being one someday.