I feel the need, due the actions of a home educator who appears intent on linking my name to the support of child abuse, and who has denied me the opportunity to make a clarifying statement by removing a brief comment I added to an entry on a blog entry yesterday (not on Minti), to make the following statement:

Beverley Paine is committed to supporting home educating parents who practice non-violent and attachment parenting.

Since 1989 she has worked towards the goal of the establishment of consistent and transparent guidelines and regulations for the provision of home education, including being a member of a legislative review panel considering home schooling in South Australia.

Her approach is inclusive and seeks to build bridges between disparate groups.

Her desire is to help families grow towards enlightened parenting and educational practices that respect and honour the individual learning and developmental needs of all children.

She has worked with teachers and bureaucrats in schools for improvements in school education as well as with teachers, bureaucrats and home educators for improvements in the provision of home education.