Ed Dunlop and his wife Janice live in Ringgold, Georgia. They homeschooled their three children all the way through high school. Ed is the author of the popular Terrestria Chronicles allegory series and the companion series, Tales from Terrestria. For more information about these medieval allegory series, please visit his website at www.TalesOfCastles.com.
Copyright 2009. Originally appeared in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Spring 2009.
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Endnotes:
1. Plugged In® Online, a website sponsored by Focus on the Family, December 31, 2007. The website is quoting a study by Brigham Young social sciences researcher Jason Carroll, published in the Journal of Adolescent Research (usatoday.com, 12/12/07 stats, c&e).
2. www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/freedomreadstatement.cfm.
3. www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/ftvstatement/freedomviewstatement.cfm.
4. Censorship, Scarlett MccGwire, published by Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, © 2000, p. 46.