Excerpts
From the Back Cover
"What I have found in my discussions, when the topic of homeschooling comes up, is that there often seem to be various assumptions as to why we homeschool our children, which are simply wrong, or, at best, inadequate. Yes, the government schools have bullies; yes, the government schools might be bigger targets for armed shootings; and yes, the government schools (even the ones in good school districts) have kids or teachers who will teach our children language or experiences that we would rather them not learn that early in life (or at all).
And while all those things are true and good reasons to educate our children at home, even if those problems were corrected, we—and many other parents—would still be committed to homeschooling our children.
Why?
The purpose of this book is to answer that question—and to answer it from the Scriptures."
And while all those things are true and good reasons to educate our children at home, even if those problems were corrected, we—and many other parents—would still be committed to homeschooling our children.
Why?
The purpose of this book is to answer that question—and to answer it from the Scriptures."
From the Preface
"In my experience, anytime the topic of education comes up, and I disclose that my wife and I are homeschooling our children, after the inevitable reluctant nod of hesitant affirmation (even from family members and friends—'Oh . . . Okay . . . ?'), it’d be nice to actually give them solid reasons to answer the primary question that seems to be ever nagging them: “Why don’t you just send your kids to public school?”1 Usually a follow-up question regarding homeschooling specifically is: 'How will they develop socially without interaction with other kids?'
The short answers to these questions are: (1) because we want our children to be disciples of Jesus Christ rather than disciples of the state, and (2) our children will have interaction with other kids. However, we believe they will develop better socially, and in a much healthier environment, if we encourage, promote, and oversee their social interactions (not just with children but also with adults), than if we let them learn most of their social interactions from their peers (who are just as naive and/or destructive in their childish state).
But you can’t just give those short answers to people. Reading it has possibly already put many on the defensive. So, again, that is why I’m writing this book: so that I can explain in a polite, rational manner, briefly and thoroughly to whomever in the audience is willing to listen, my reasoning behind why both my wife and I, as well as many other Christian parents around the world, are personally committed to our children being educated at home from a Christian worldview."
The short answers to these questions are: (1) because we want our children to be disciples of Jesus Christ rather than disciples of the state, and (2) our children will have interaction with other kids. However, we believe they will develop better socially, and in a much healthier environment, if we encourage, promote, and oversee their social interactions (not just with children but also with adults), than if we let them learn most of their social interactions from their peers (who are just as naive and/or destructive in their childish state).
But you can’t just give those short answers to people. Reading it has possibly already put many on the defensive. So, again, that is why I’m writing this book: so that I can explain in a polite, rational manner, briefly and thoroughly to whomever in the audience is willing to listen, my reasoning behind why both my wife and I, as well as many other Christian parents around the world, are personally committed to our children being educated at home from a Christian worldview."
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