Ottakee Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 http://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/2012/09/do-we-expect-more-of-our-christian-teens-than-we-expect-of-ourselves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ToLoveHonorAndVacuum+%28To+Love%2C+Honor+and+Vacuum%29 What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think that the article has some very good points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 This would be a good reply for the "Death to Homeschooling" blog post mentioned on this thread. You should post the link over on the guy's blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think what she says has definite merit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Really, really good points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 This would be a good reply for the "Death to Homeschooling" blog post mentioned on this thread. You should post the link over on the guy's blog. :iagree: Hers is much better written as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I completely agree with that article and have thought the same thing many times myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Excellent article. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I really like her stuff. She writes mostly on intimacy and marriage issues but also parenting and other stuff. While my girls are now IN public school I totally agree with her that if it isn't a good fit for them you need to look at other options. We did this for our son. He attended 1st grade which was not a good fit for him but he was still a foster child so had to go to school. We homeschooled him 2-5th grades and then he went back to middle school in a special ed program and did very very well. The girls we homeschooled through 6th grade and then put them in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 And I think it goes just as strongly for younger kids. One thing that really resonated with me in the LCMS church vs the UMC that I'd been raised in was the idea that "train up your child in the way he should go" needed to encompass academics-that is, your child's academic education should be in a Christian environment, focused on religious education. Where we parted ways was the belief of many that this had to be in an LCMS school, not a homeschool, and while most of the adults were polite about it, DD was facing a lot of blow-back about not attending the church's school in Sunday school and children's programming. But I still agree with this and one thing that DD's Sunday School teachers regularly comment on now in her UMC classes is that she just plain KNOWS more than most kids her age-that she is able to connect her faith with current events, history, and so on. And that's a direct result of the fact that, since we homeschool, religious education isn't simply a devotional time at night at home (as it was for me growing up), sandwiched in between homework and piano lessons. It's integrated into what we do for many subjects and daily life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 The article is more anti public school than pro home school. I was sorry to see no mention of academics, learning and education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think more teens would "stay Christian" if the adults in their lives modeled authentic Christianity, no matter if they are homeschooled, public schooled, or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I completely agree with the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think more teens would "stay Christian" if the adults in their lives modeled authentic Christianity, no matter if they are homeschooled, public schooled, or whatever. I agree with this, esp. the boys/young men. They need to see REAL men modeling authentic Christianity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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