Homeschooling has now entered a new phase in its relations with the authorities. For some families there are still sufficient reasons to exercise complete non-compliance, and to resist all requirements from officials. But there are now enough reasonable requirements in place to make it possible for most families to comply with them. However, it is still necessary for all homeschoolers to offer resistance against those official requirements that are unreasonable. In this phase it is therefore absolutely essential that each family knows exactly why it acts as it does.
Parents can no longer afford to casually go along with the demands of officials.
But they can afford even less to resist on the basis of second-hand information or hearsay, or on account of some vague philosophical or religious idea. Each family must be able to clearly justify its choices on the basis of firsthand knowledge and clear conviction. The option not to register Back to contents Families who have reservations about registration must now make very sure that they know exactly what these reservations are, and that such reservations are not vague. They will then have to indicate exactly what aspects, in their opinion, hinder or undermine the fundamental rights of their children or their own. Some parents have, for example overseas, argued in court the standpoint that they are responsible to God for the upbringing of their children, and not the state, which requires t state permission for homeschooling.