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	<title>Independent Homeschooling</title>
	
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	<description>Dedicated to families that homeschool independently</description>
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		<title>Back to Work at Advocating Independence for Homeschoolers</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2010/03/07/back-to-work-at-advocating-independence-for-homeschoolers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to sell this site so I could move on&#8230; do something else with my life. I run a large family rights website that keeps me pretty busy in my available online moments. However the site didn&#8217;t sell, and I&#8217;m glad because after taking a few months off, I&#8217;m motivated to do something with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/08/09/adopt-a-less-adoptable-pet-day-august-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Petfinder has named August 12 to be Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day, and for good reason. Thousands of pets are waiting for a loving home, but are passed over due to various reasons. The most common reason pets can&#8217;t find homes is age. A full thirty percent of homeless pets are considered &#8220;seniors&#8221;.
Pets with medical problems are also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Independent Homeschooler Faces Legal Sanctions – A Day in Court and Possibly Stiff Fines</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/07/07/australia-independent-homeschooler-faces-legal-sanctions-a-day-in-court-and-possibly-stiff-fines/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/07/07/australia-independent-homeschooler-faces-legal-sanctions-a-day-in-court-and-possibly-stiff-fines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unschooling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I absolutely love this father who wants his children to learn in freedom. He wants us to call him &#8220;One&#8221; and so we shall.
He&#8217;s got six children and allows them to choose whether or not they want to attend school. The youngest &#8211; a son &#8211; is legally homeschooled &#8211; which in Australia means taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unschooling – my favorite type of education!</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/06/23/unschooling-my-favorite-type-of-education/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/06/23/unschooling-my-favorite-type-of-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unschooling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love freedom. I love letting children learn in freedom. Therefore I love unschooling. In theory it makes more sense than any other type of education. 
Unschooling is child-directed learning. Unschooled children are free to decide what interests them, just like you and I have that freedom as adults. When they study topics that interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Homeschool Families Look Into the Face of Totalitarianism</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/06/11/uk-homeschool-families-look-into-the-face-of-totalitarianism/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/06/11/uk-homeschool-families-look-into-the-face-of-totalitarianism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeschool Laws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[repression]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A newly announced homeschooling law in the UK would force parents to open their homes to community agents sent to inspect homeschool curriculums. I can&#8217;t tell if this &#8220;announced&#8221; law is &#8220;new&#8221; or &#8220;proposed&#8221; &#8230; the article is Crackdown on home-schooling as parents face annual checks and registration.
In the UK government agents don&#8217;t have access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschooling vs. “credits”</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/05/14/homeschooling-vs-credits/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/05/14/homeschooling-vs-credits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeschool Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missouri]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Homeschool parents don&#8217;t need to track their children using a system of credits because we know our children and can tell whether or not they&#8217;re learning anything of value. I preferred the portfolio method of creating documentation for high school aged homeschoolers. With that method the student&#8217;s best work is kept in a file, eventually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Decide Whether to Homeschool</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/03/21/how-to-decide-whether-to-homeschool/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/03/21/how-to-decide-whether-to-homeschool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curriculum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeschool ideas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of year. Children all over America, and in many other countries, are telling their parents how much they dislike the schools they attend. They beg their parents to try homeschooling. They live for the day they don&#8217;t have to go back to school. 
Are you going to be one of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Treaty: Will homeschooling be banned? Family religious training too?</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/02/06/un-treaty-will-homeschooling-be-banned-family-religious-training-too/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/02/06/un-treaty-will-homeschooling-be-banned-family-religious-training-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UN Treaty on Children&#8217;s Rights may have been designed to destroy parental rights. According to Michael Farris of the HSLDA, the Home School Legal Defense Association, the current administration may seal our fate by accepting this treaty, giving more rights to children than to parents. 
If parental education decisions are subject to being reviewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Hampshire: Rep. Judith Day Seeks to Restrict Homeschoolers</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/02/05/new-hampshire-rep-judith-day-seeks-to-restrict-homeschoolers/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2009/02/05/new-hampshire-rep-judith-day-seeks-to-restrict-homeschoolers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The word is out &#8211; New Hampshire State Representative Judith Day seeks to further regulate homeschooling, making it a difficult, cumbersome and uncomfortable experience constrained by red tape regulations and fear.
This is the antithesis of independent homeschooling. Parents should be able to educate their children in freedom, with joy and inner peace. Being forced to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschooling Options for Resourceful Teenagers</title>
		<link>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2008/12/29/homeschooling-options-for-resourceful-teenagers/</link>
		<comments>http://independenthomeschooling.com/2008/12/29/homeschooling-options-for-resourceful-teenagers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://independenthomeschooling.com/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning my eyes were drawn to an ominous headline: Home-school students need to be monitored. Gritting my teeth I clicked on the link only to find it was written by a person who used to be homeschooled. Weigellia G. Trook wrote: &#8220;For me, home schooling was no schooling.&#8221;
For teens with Weigellia&#8217;s problem, I offer [...]]]></description>
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