Our children deserve a meaningful education, and I firmly believe they can receive one at home. It doesn’t take a teacher-certified parent to give their child a meaningful education, especially when you consider what it actually means to be educated.
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Why a child can receive a meaningful education at home & why protecting that right is important.
Besides the point that children are the responsibility of parents, parents simply know their child best. A parent’s love is like no other and is born the moment they discover they have conceived a child – and only grows from there.
A parent cares for their child’s natural needs, emotional needs, physical needs, and spiritual needs. They pour hours into research and endlessly seek the knowledge needed for every single “new” thing they face as a parent.
Parents sacrifice sleep, free time, food, and even their health for the sake of their children. They want the best – and they choose the best – for their children.
The majority of parents are fully capable of caring for their children. It is an absolute exception for it to be otherwise.
To suggest anything else would not only be false but slander. To suggest that the mass majority of parents are not capable of providing their child with a meaningful education is actually ridiculous.
Not only has it been proven time and again that homeschooled students achieve some of the highest test scores, but they often go on to be successful adults in college or careers.
In the same way that a parent can research and seek information about choosing the best diapers, baby food, pillow, shampoo, vitamins, toys, technology, etc. a parent can – and will – do the same when it comes to academics. In the same way that parents can – and do – seek out experts for advice and input in all areas of parenting, they can for academics, too.
Academics are actually some of the least important skills needed in life for children or adults, so let’s go ahead and put them aside for a moment while we look at what education really means.
What is an EDUCATION anyway?
EDUCA’TION, noun [Latin educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties. (Websters Dictionary)
To put it simply… raising children with manners and habits that will benefit them now and in their future as adults, to give them skills for interacting with other humans, to care for animals and the earth, to become adults who can take care of themselves and others … that is what it means to educate a child.
When children are at home with their parent(s) every day, they are experiencing real life. They are not confined to a classroom or desk for the majority of their day, but are actually doing/learning skills they will use as adults.
Homeschooling allows the time for practice, hands-on experience, applying what you learn to real-life, developing critical thinking skills, interacting with various people of various ages, learning skills from a variety of experienced adults, embracing the family’s culture and heritage, learning about others’ culture and heritage from spending time with them, having time to be creative, and so much more. What an amazing opportunity the human race has for passing on a meaningful education to the next generation!
We are conservative Christians who have taught our children the following:
- that all humans are of the same race (the HUMAN RACE)
- that all humans deserve empathy and kindness regardless of their choices/beliefs/lifestyle
- that all humans are created in the image of God
- to protect the vulnerable and innocent
- to care for the poor, widows, and orphans
- to understand our Nation’s constitution, laws, and justice system
- to love their neighbor (community) as themselves
- to do unto others as they would like others to do unto them
- to stand up for what is right and just
- to look people in the eye, give a firm handshake, be honest, and hardworking
- to extend grace, mercy, and forgiveness to others
- and a lot of other biblical values
If the above list isn’t a meaningful education worth protecting, I don’t know what is!
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Very well said. We live in South Africa and are fighting for our rights as home schoolers versus state education. This report has sent shock waves through our community, our government is taking it to heart. The more people who write in to object the better, hopefully it will be acknowledged as a very poorly researched, biased and narrow minded piece that needs to be discredited and treated with scorn and derision.
Stay safe and thank you for such a super site
Jayn
I’m praying for your right to homeschool!!
If this also had a meme with it (I saw some such thing on Facebook), Harvard used said meme with a spelling error on the picture!
Yes! That’s the one
This is FANTASTIC! I find it so I treating that just five years ago, the so-called illustrious Harvard University put out an article how they (my words) loved homeschool students, because they WERE well-rounded, disciplined, and ready to go when they went there. Now all of a sudden, they aren’t? I somehow think that it has NOTHING to do with “bad” education; however, it would be more of a SOLID teaching, so that any agendas might fall on dead ears.
Exactly. It’s ridiculous.
Beautiful! The only reason “professors” from Harvard have a voice is because the media gives them one – otherwise we would never hear such insults. In Harvard’s first beginnings I am sure the professors then had more God -Fearing common sense and would never utter such words because they would be insulting themselves as well. I think the key here is God-Fearing. Man has turned to his ways which has placed the state of this country the way it is – sinful and defiled. If I may quote Donnie Swaggart, “Sin is a form of insanity”. Thank you for your letter it is God lead and accurate. The worldly parents will not receive it because it is not about self sacrifice for their children, but sacrificing them. Unfortunately when we all stand before God, some will find that the decisions they made were dead wrong. Your emails bless me and now my 15 year old daughter, who recently became saved & filled with the Spirit, enjoys your emails too. We enjoy natural & gluten free foods so we love your recipes. We garden (not as large as yours) but enjoy your pics and insight. We do devotions and bible time and enjoy your inspirations. I pray Jesus blessings to you and your family. If we never meet on Earth I look forward to meeting you and your family in Heaven.