Lili's thought of the day

Now and then in the news in Australia one can find stories about home-schooling parents being prosecuted for not complying with the curriculum of state departments of education, but when was the last time you ever heard of a parent being hauled though the courts because their child or children are simply regularly absent from school? Our governments routinely give a free pass to abusive, drunk, drugged and neglectful parents, but open defiance of government policies will not be tolerated!