Do you still need to be convinced?

I understand if you need more examples that demonstrate that homeschooling is a safer choice than sending your children to a traditional school. I am happy to provide as much information about this topic as I can. I have found a very comprehensive list of reasons that may help to convince you. A list of teachers who use their position of authority to take advantage of children. A LONG list. A list that shows that the idea that incidents like these are not nearly as few and far between as many like to believe or make you believe. Here are some examples:

Celeste Emerick, 32: Police in Huber Heights, Ohio, say the Wayne High School teacher hosted a party where students were shown pornography. Prosecutors charged her with one count of sexual battery, a felony in Ohio.

Darcie Esson, 32: Parker, Colo., English teacher at Elizabeth High School was arrested in December 2006 for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old football player the day after her divorce was finalized. According to the arrest affidavit, Esson and the teen had sex on the floor of her hotel room while her two children, ages 4 and 8, and their 17-year-old babysitter slept on beds in the same room. Esson was charged with sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, a Class IV felony.

Elizabeth Munn, 32: Gloversville, N.Y., teacher was arrested for statuatory rape of an eighth-grade male student half her age after someone alerted police with a complaint. The social studies teacher, who had worked in the Broadalbin-Perth School District for more than five years, was considered a competent teacher and the news of her arrest was called a surprise by a district official. According to the Fulton County D.A., Munn admitted to being involved with the 15-year-old student over the summer but wouldn’t give any details.

Jennifer Rice, 31: Tacoma, Wash., teacher arrested Aug. 11, 2007, for allegedly kidnapping and raping her 10-year-old student numerous times. Rice was an instructor at McKinley Elementary School whose contract was not renewed after the school received complaints she was socializing inappropriately with students. Authorities say Rice admitted she raped the fourth-grade boy at a rest stop, and court documents indicate the pair had intercourse several times on previous occasions, including once in the boy’s home. On Sept. 10, 2007, prosecutors filed additional charges against Rice for allegedly raping another boy, age 14- to 16-years old.

Pamela Rogers Turner, 27: Former model and beauty-pageant contestant also taught at Centertown Elementary School in McMinnville, Tenn. She was arrested in February 2005 for allegedly having a three-month sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy. She resigned her teaching position and was charged with 15 counts of sexual battery and 13 counts of statutory rape. Originally sentenced to 270 days in August 2005, she got in additional trouble in April 2006 for sending text messages, nude photos, and sex videos of herself to the same boy while using her father’s cellphone. In July 2006, she was sentenced to serve eight years for violating her probation, and in January 2007, was given an additional two years for sending the photos.

You can read the complete listing here:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=39783

Now I know that reading those descriptions is not easy and is very unpleasant. But if presenting these facts prevents even one child from suffering, it is worth it. I want people to NOT allow themselves to believe that it won’t happen to “their child”. I am sure that the parent’s of these children felt the very same way. Please do not set your children up to be victims, they need to be at home. There is no 100% fail-safe for safety in this fallen world, but the piece of mind you can find is out there. Call it pure joy, call it sacrificial parenting, but either way if they are home and under your watchful eye than THAT is what the Lord intended when he gave them to you.