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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

The happy hypocrite

I never cared that Caitlin Flanagan calls herself an at-home mother, even though she's a magazine writer with a staff of helpers. But now she's using her battle with cancer to denounce feminism and extol her traditional virtues -- and I've had it.

By Joan Walsh

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 02:08 PM

enough with the homeschooling!

Eric and the prior home school fan are afraid of subjecting their children to their "disgusting peer group."

I guess they would be talking about my child?

One of the primary responsibilities I feel as a parent is to teach my child how to live in the world with others. It's not always pretty, but there are a million life lessons that children and parents can learn when coming to terms with those who think and live differently. Where I live, that means learning to live with religious fundamentalists, bullies, and several kids with aspergers syndrome and other learning and behavioral difficulties. My son has done a wonderful job of relating to and understanding all these children. I think those skills are going to be incredibly essential in our polarized society.

Can Eric replicate those lessons with his children in the home school environment? Not if he views the other kids as "disgusting." That just makes me sorry for everyone involved.

—sophiebrown Read sophiebrown's other letters

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