[Radical_childcare] Children's Rights after the Badman report

[feministchildrearing at riseup.net]

(sorry the addresses of the links are below the 'links', i cant work them!)

Hi all

I just wanted to let people know about the changes to Home Education after
the Graham Badman Report came out this week and how it compromises the
rights of all children in the UK.
Ed Ball wants to go ahead and implement changes immediately... this means
we have got very little time to stand up against this.
I have put together the website to be user friendly and specially  aimed
at anyone that has missed the report or thinks that because their child is
not home educated this does not effect them, it actually has serious
implications for all children in the UK and their right to privacy and
their life decisions.

This is the link to the website: Home Education after the Badman Report. 
http://rootspeople.tripod.com/homeed/


The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://kids.direct.gov.uk/resource_areas/html/Game/5#article28

Article 16: Children have the right to privacy. The law should protect
them from attacks against their way of life, their good name, their
families and their homes.

Graham Badman report on Elective Home Education.

Reccommendation 7: that designated Local Authority officers should have
the right to access the home and to speak with the child alone without
parents present and without their consent...

There has been a lot of bad press lately about home educated children
being at risk of abuse, but as there is no evidence or any cases of this
Graham Badman has had to state this in his report, however he still went
on to change the law as if this was the case.

The NSPCC apologised publically recently about associating abuse with home
education, you can find a link to this on the webpage.

Please try and consider Graham Badman's proposals and the wider
implications and the loss of rights due to this report, if you feel
strongly enough then please do write to your MP's, fill in the survey,
write to Ed Ball or reply to the consultation. (links can be found on the
website.)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and please do forward this
information, so many bills are passed these days without people being
aware of the changes in their rights.

Peace and Love

Christine, Jonathan