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cdh, I don't homeschool because of the secular humanist education my daughter would get if she were in public school. Read post number 23 in this thread to see my reasons for homeschooling. It started out having absolutely nothing to do with my religion.
Yes. And, the responsibility for the damage that occurs because of the children being in public school falls on the parents who choose to send them there. Parents, in general, are in trouble nowadays. Leave off religion for a minute. The government now tells us that we cannot physically discipline our children. When I was growing up, I knew that if I did something wrong, I would have to face my parents and more than likely get a spanking. Now, kids don't have to worry about that because the schools are teaching them, "If anyone, including your parents, ever hits you, call the police." That doesn't sound right to me. I have never beaten my daughter. But, I have spanked her for doing what she knew was wrong.
Training our children in the ways of righteousness includes teaching them that there are consequences for making the decision to do something that they know is wrong. In today's society, it is almost possible to teach our children that.
That's true for a lot of people. But, it's not true for everyone. The week after I decided to homeschool my daughter, her teacher's ex-husband came to the school with a gun and held the class hostage because he wanted his wife to come back to him. I didn't live in a huge city where you expect to see people bring guns to school. That event there, told me that I had made the right decision for my daughter, even though I made the decision based solely on our academic situation. About a year or so ago, my sister sent me a newspaper article about the high school my daughter would have attended next year if I had stayed in California and decided to continue with public school. Fifteen percent of the female students were pregnant, two percent of the students had one STD or another, forty-three percent of the senior class could not pass a reading proficiency test, and four female teachers had been raped by students. Does that sound like a place where Christian parents should put their children? Should I place my daughter's education in the hands of people who cannot teach children to read in seventeen years? Should I place my daughter's safety in the hands of people who cannot protect their own employees?
I say no. My daughter is not isolated from the world. And, neither is any homeschooled child that I've ever met. From my own experience, homeschooled children tend to be better prepared for real life after their education. I say that homeschooled children are better off because their parents take an active role in their everyday lives and make sure that they are safe.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Southern Baptists Call For Kids To Be Pulled From School
cdh, I don't homeschool because of the secular humanist education my daughter would get if she were in public school. Read post number 23 in this thread to see my reasons for homeschooling. It started out having absolutely nothing to do with my religion.
Yes. And, the responsibility for the damage that occurs because of the children being in public school falls on the parents who choose to send them there. Parents, in general, are in trouble nowadays. Leave off religion for a minute. The government now tells us that we cannot physically discipline our children. When I was growing up, I knew that if I did something wrong, I would have to face my parents and more than likely get a spanking. Now, kids don't have to worry about that because the schools are teaching them, "If anyone, including your parents, ever hits you, call the police." That doesn't sound right to me. I have never beaten my daughter. But, I have spanked her for doing what she knew was wrong.
Training our children in the ways of righteousness includes teaching them that there are consequences for making the decision to do something that they know is wrong. In today's society, it is almost possible to teach our children that.
That's true for a lot of people. But, it's not true for everyone. The week after I decided to homeschool my daughter, her teacher's ex-husband came to the school with a gun and held the class hostage because he wanted his wife to come back to him. I didn't live in a huge city where you expect to see people bring guns to school. That event there, told me that I had made the right decision for my daughter, even though I made the decision based solely on our academic situation. About a year or so ago, my sister sent me a newspaper article about the high school my daughter would have attended next year if I had stayed in California and decided to continue with public school. Fifteen percent of the female students were pregnant, two percent of the students had one STD or another, forty-three percent of the senior class could not pass a reading proficiency test, and four female teachers had been raped by students. Does that sound like a place where Christian parents should put their children? Should I place my daughter's education in the hands of people who cannot teach children to read in seventeen years? Should I place my daughter's safety in the hands of people who cannot protect their own employees?
I say no. My daughter is not isolated from the world. And, neither is any homeschooled child that I've ever met. From my own experience, homeschooled children tend to be better prepared for real life after their education. I say that homeschooled children are better off because their parents take an active role in their everyday lives and make sure that they are safe.
