To homeschool or not to homeschool, that is the question…
There are many reasons to homeschool and there are many ways to go about it. First of all, you need to have the blessing of your husband. If you buck & rebel against him, you are defeating your own purpose. If the foundation of your home is not properly built, no amount of homeschooling or biblical admonishment or even praying is going to save your kids. Make sure you and your husband are on the same page. Even if he isn’t a Christian, he most likely wants the best for his kids, right? You will need to prove to him that homeschooling is in their best interest. If you are going to be all stressed out and upset when he gets home everyday, that isn’t going to prove anything of the sort to him. You are going to have to figure out how to be resourceful enough to keep the house running smoothly with the kids there all day, you’re going to have to sacrifice that quiet time while they are typically at school; that time that you usually do whatever you want to do. Homeschooling is a sacrifice, yes indeed it is, on the part of the mom who does it, and the dad who has the provision squarely on his shoulders. I would not ever say that everyone should homeschool, I am not here to tell to homeschool your children or how to homeschool them if you do, that is a personal decision that must be made by the parents. It’s between you two and the Lord.
I do believe that the public school system is Anti-Christ, I believe that the whole institutionalized program is against God’s plan and purpose for our children from the very beginning. It is a worldly setting and not the place for children being raised in God fearing and respecting homes. There are no values or morals taught there, right and wrong are all very gray areas, subject to one’s opinions, moods, and feelings.
Schooling will fill the brain with facts that will enable them to pass a test, but it will not teach them to relate to the world in which they live. When a child should be developing confidence, creativity, individuality, a strong body and a work ethic, he is instead made to cease independent decision making and march (or rather sit) in formation to the drum beat of another. He is reared to take a prepared position as a member of a society, marching in disobedience to its Maker. God help us to march to a higher drum beat.
Don’t turn your home into a classroom. Don’t become a “schoolmarm,” wearying bored, captive children who are being deprived of their normal childhood. Let your hoeschooling become more of a natural flow of the days events. Don’t torture your children for extended periods of time. A child who’s imagination is captivated will learn more in five minutes than in eight hours in a boring class room setting.
If you have made a decision to homeschool, you are on the cutting edge of moral and social development. You are the wise and caring parent. If you feel inadequate in your formal training, just remember that what you’ve missed in not going to college was mostly just a bad intellectual disease. Be assured, if you can half read and find your way to the library or a homeschool curriculum fair, you are equipped to provide your children with the materials they need to learn to read and do math. After that, with a little supervision, they will pass up the public school kids so fast they will leave a sonic boom. Start them late and finish them early. While the public system is brainwashing their children you can heart wash yours, and the final product will be their envy. —Michael Pearl
I attempted homeschooling two times using curriculum(s) and failed. It was while the kids were in a charter school for three years that the whole curriculum thing really began to bug me. I love to read and I enjoyed reading about Learning Styles, along with Learning Languages and Love Languages… I loved realizing who my kids were as individuals and how I could relate to, show love to, and teach them. The third time I began homeschooling, I only had taken one son out, the one who would never thrive in a school setting. He had much difficulty learning. basically he couldn’t remember anything. So any skill that was just memorization, he failed at it. His self esteem and his attitude spiraled along with his grades. I began unit studies with him and we had a blast picking a subject and learning everything we could learn about that subject. A few months later, his brothers and sister were home too (they were jealous) and we’ve been homeschooling and unit studying since!
It is my personal opinion that a lot of people give up on homeschooling because they try to stick to a rigid curriculum and it just doesn’t work. It may not work for all their children, or for the parent. Curriculum’s put a lot of pressure on the parent and the student. If we are going to come out from the school system… then HEY, let’s just come out of it completely! Let’s just shed all the stress and worry and replace it with LOTS of reading, listening, writing, copying, dictation, computer skills, common sense math, trips to the library and the grocery store, using coupons and shopping sales. Trimming the horses hooves themselves, putting up fences, canning pickles, cutting down trees, servicing the car… There is a world of things that kids can be learning to do but instead we force them to sit still and do worksheet after boring worksheet.
As parents, we had better be on our knees begging for God’s help and guidance if we want our children saved from an eternal hell. The devil is REAL and he is powerful. Left to their own devices, our children would ALL go the way of the world, the flesh and the devil. Broad is the way and wide is the gate to destruction and MANY there be which go that way. But narrow is the way unto eternal life, and few there be that find it. Parents worry over development, safety, seatbelts & helmets, nutrition, self esteem and desperately sweat education; all the while neglecting their childrens most important possession, their souls. Let us seek the Lord with all our hearts and lean not to our own understanding… In all our ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our path!!
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