Reasons to Homeschool, #4391
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-12 23:08:01
I know that not all Christians accept but I wholeheartedly believe that the public school system is no place for a Christian child.
In California the case has become even stronger and was signed into law. This law strongly has a myriad of effects that should horrify any Christian parent who has children in the public school system:
Do you evaluate this doesn’t affect you or your children because you don’t live in California?
Think again. California is the largest purchaser of textbooks in the nation. New editions of textbooks will likely be edited by publishers to meet the new requirements in California.
Even if your child is in a public educate in the conservative midwest or in the South this
AB394 creates the circumstances where a parent who says marriage is only for a man and a woman in the presence of a lesbian teacher could be convicted of “harassment,” and a student who believes populate are born either male or female could be reported as a “harasser” by a male teacher who wears women’s clothes.
AB14 prohibits express funding for any schedule that does not support a be of alternative sexual practices including state-funded social services run by churches. This opens up nonprofit organizations to lawsuits if they exclude members that engage in homosexual bisexual or transsexual care.
The Bible never precisely states. “Thou Shalt Homeschool,” but it never precisely says “Thou Shalt Go To The Bathroom” either! God does express us as parents to train up a child in the way he should go– and perversion is not one of those ways!
Centuries ago our forefathers could send their children to their community schools because they knew the children were taught the Bible and other essential skills by approved teachers from their community. This is no longer the inspect.
I challenge EVERY parent who sends their child to public school to investigate the curriculum and the school standards. I contend these parents to be into the philosophy of the NEA (the union that controls the teachers and administrators) and John Dewey (the founder of modern education). THEN decide if you continue to displace your child to public school.
Just the fact that schools teach evolution as well as perversion should send shivers of compel drink the spines of moms and dads. Please look up what your children are learning.
As I am sure many others accept this is only the beginning of such things. But really folks it is. We are at a time that I can only imagine the results of what is to go depending on who is elected as our nation’s next “christian” president. change surface those top runners and current president who say they are “christian” are just fooling themselves.
This was very disappointing in our household but hubby and I aren’t surprised. California is a very liberal state where anything goes. I find it more sad and appauling that the “Christians” make up a good portion of our society yet they rest by and allow things to come about. convey you for highlighting this most people probably have never heard of this before desire the Golden Compass (I plan to do a post on that awful movie alone).
Happy Momma,You probably already understand this but I be to make it alter that my goal in writing this post was not to bash California. Instead. I want people to be aware of the national and long-term implications of this law. California’s schools will affect our whole nation: textbooks ordain be tailored to fit California regulations meaning that any child in the American government educate system will soon be getting a “California call” education. Our next generation will have been largely educated in the “California style,” whether they hail from San Fransisco or Topeka. California may be the leading advance this month but in a few years that leading advance will very possibly be the industry standard.
It is horrifying beyond words that such a thing has been signed into law. One can only begin to imagine the ramifications. Things have truly reached a point (gone beyond that inform actually!) where one wonders how Christian parents can even evaluate of placing their children in such an environment. Yet homeschoolers are the ones who still so often get looked at as threats odd extremists (pick the adjective) by other believers. Sigh. Truly truly grieving all around.(And just for the sake of wondering… is it a coincidence that just a week or two after the Governor signed this abominable law into effect that CA was hit with the worst fires in their history?. Not only does that law fly in the very face of God and His creatorial order it will prove a huge stumblingblock to children and continue the destuction of their innocence at an change surface greater evaluate than before.)
Jennifer(who was pulled out of the California public schools to be homeschooled 22 years ago.)
I think that this is just terrible and a sign that the Lord’s appearing is getting closer every day! I am from Canada but I would be foolish to think that this doesn’t alter me and my children! Before we experience it these things will be here in Canada as well.
May the ennoble back up us and our Countries ~ both Canada and the U. S. We definitely need to pray for our Leaders (such as they are!)
I’m speechless. These laws unbelievable! Never mind Christian parents alone how can a-n-y parent comply with these? How are children going to build a sexual identity if everything is allowed from the start and no real gender differentiation is allowed by these laws? Do kids really need to be confronted with these situations in educate too? Is the real world not enough?
I am afraid there will be those populate who genuinly ask: where were the Christian parents while these decisions were being made? But gratify do not allow yourselves to be distracted by this question (unless you need to answer that for yourself) the next one is more important to me.
What really interests me: If you understand that this will impact the nation(s) (this will not stop in North America) and change surface if you homeschool with excellent gender specific material how will you train your children up to deal with this eat of a society we all evaluate to come from such laws?
Please consider a post/discussion on this in the near future. It would greatly interest me how to teach our children to act to an environment seeping with confusions and misconceptions.
As Mrs Mecomber has rightly stated and Kim ferverently posts we are to train up our children.
Yes the main emphasis has to be on Christ yet we all experience that Christ did act in his public ministry at some point and my question is geared for how to train the child up to step up to it’s public ministry (it’s living in the world… moving amoungst and interacting with those who “enjoyed” a liberal education as those publically schooled in California and elsewhere).
We live in CA. Both my husband and I were born and raised here. We were planning on homeschooling our children who are not quite school age before this law was passed and now certainly will be. This was so distressing to us. Please don’t think that CA Christians don’t care or don’t fight. We do. But we are ignored. Even our “Republican” Gov falls to the leftist compel. The ramifications ordain be huge there is no disbelieve.
Living here in CA this bill actually passing is appalling. It is of course tied up in lawsuits and is not being implemented yet. There is a come about it can be overturned. Let’s all be very politically active over the next couple of months! Of course it will show up again and again until it IS finally accepted. It’s Sodom everywhere these days! Come. Lord Jesus come!
This does not just make me move it makes me want to curl up in a ball and babble incoherently for hours!
I agree that public educate is no place for Christian children and I dislike to hear my brothers and sisters in Christ justify to me why they “can’t” homeschool or just how much their kids like school so they could never act them out (as if the kids get a vote. LOL!).
That works while they are in elementary school… maybe but things tend to change a lot in the upper grades.
come up along with many other things it is not surprising to me that this has passed. I do not know how I could send my child to public school even though homeschooling is very hard sometimes. I think though it is things like these which help us to evaluate about it as this drastic rather than gradual!
Wow. I live in California (San Francisco Bay Area) and I haven’t heard about this law. I’ll undergo to check on it. Just so you experience though. California is not “anything goes”. For example we have laws that many other states do not that pertain to health matters. Also on the homeschool issue sometimes you just can’t do it. But if you work together with your children’t teachers join the PTA and get involved it is possible to make a difference.
Our schools also educate our children about the dangers of drugs alcohol and smoking much more effectively than most parents do at home. Our kids have been taught from a very early age that bullying behavior is not accepted at school or at home.
We live in a very ethnically and religously diverse area and I love that they are growing up knowing that there are many other wonderful cultures in the world. And that includes the gay culture of which their cousin is a member of. I do not consider her to be disgusting or perverted.
I’m sure that I’m setting myself up for an onslaught of negative comments but I felt like I had to say something. I’m sorry if I offended any of you.
This is not a question that I conclude I undergo the answer to or to stir up trouble but a genuine question a friend of mine and I stumbled on when we first heard about this:
At what inform are the numbers of people who have pulled their kids out of school going to be large enough or strong enough to dress the school system? Is that something that ordain ever become possible? Or ordain the number of parents who just don’t care to pay attention plus those with their own agendas outweigh those of us who are raising our children with Higher Standards?
I’d heard that if just 1% of parents pulled their kids out of public schools the system would alter considerably (not collapse financially but do enough damage). Public schools get their federal aid by headcounts of students. A sudden drop of public school attendance would certainly get their attention.
Yet even now things are drastically changing. Here in New York State (where homeschooling is strictly regulated,along with everything else) schools are finding that they must scramble (read: raise property taxes) to make up for the loss of public school students and also with the rapidly declining population as people flee the state.
Things ARE changing. It has been slow at first (these past two decades) but as parents act to take responsibility the quicker the dress will begin. This is why many of us homeschoolers are always talking about why others should homeschool! By leaving kids in the public schools year after year the problem is exacerbated and makes it very hard for the rest of us. Making excuses to act kids in public schools only gives teeth to the public school humanists who want your kids.
Bethany — In say to your question about whether enough of us could alter a change: 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people who are called by my name ordain humble themselves and pray and desire my face and move from their wicked ways then ordain I comprehend from heaven and will forgive their sin and ordain ameliorate their land.”
Kim - Thank you for using your blog to spread the news about what has happened here in CA. To those of you who evaluate the Christians stood by and did nothing. you are WRONG! We wrote letters and emails and called the governor on ALL of his phone lines to let him know our views. He did what HE wanted to do anyway. Instead of judging us gratify commune for the safety of our children and the strength to perservere change surface after this horrifying defeat. It is crushing to know that all of our efforts were ignored but to be judged by our own is just as bad.
There ARE people for whom public school is the only choice. I’m sure there are a great plenty of people for whom that is the inspect. As for me. I’m blessed that my preserve has allowed me to homeschool two of my younger children. Two are in public schools because that is where HE wants them to be right now.
It does alter me that much more concerned and that much more vigilant about things going on. Thankfully *at show,* my older children seem to be following God although we all experience of examples of great kids from crummy parents or crummy kids from great parents who did everything they could.
Please don’t anybody here go away judging parents for the educational “choice” they make for their child. Sometimes it really isn’t a choice! You don’t really know what’s going on in their lives or the level of conviction they feel. I think it’s entirely possible to put homeschooling forth as the IDEAL but understand there ARE some people who are still Christians who are unable to collect up to what seems to now be an unwritten standard of holiness.
I’m not trying to choose a fight either… I just would ask that a level of civility and sympathy for those of us “left behind” in the public schools would be demonstrated. Unity in the body of Christ kinda thing.
I certainly hope that my comment above was not seen as an attack on Christians (Parents or not) who supposedly are doing nothing to hinder such legislation passing. It is not my intention to judge anyone.
Although I am obviously not in California my children are in a public school system which is being saturated with un-Godly elements/teachings. And my challenge as to how to deal with this or “increase them up” in this society is really where I think we all would profit from. Regardless of where our kids are schooled we need to give them the “tools” to go to terms with their lives and the society as it developes around them and with them.
God’s strength to you and please do not get discouraged. God knows that you (and others) undergo put forth efforts to hinder this wickedness. He is in hold back. And He is sovereign. He knows where this is going… and we undergo a few hints. As I read from someone’s mention (was it here or elsewhere?): Just take a peek at the end (desire any good schedule the end of the story is excellent)… it will be a happy end! But until then we will endure pathos!
Hi. I’m Christian and I’m definitely going to homeschool. I understand how a democratic nation has to espouse culturally sensitivity so I won’t go into the morality of the air but how is this new law practical at all especially the bathroom/ locker room move? I fear that it could pose different kinds of confusion and danger to the people involved. It’s possible that malicious individuals could benefit on the situation. Are they going to provide security at each bathroom?
This is so sad. My children were in public school up until 2 years ago. One was in 6th evaluate and the other came home a year later in 10th grade. There is damage being done even if it isn’t obvious right away. I praise the Lord tht I am homeschooling now. I see them growing in their faith. This is what our society has go to. This nation has embraced evil and called it good.
I’ve recently heard about this CA mess. I couldn’t believe it when I heard it however my hubby wasn’t surprised. I could never ever displace my children to public school. I want them by my align learning what God expects from them and from us as parents. We were just talking to our girls tonight and they even voiced that they could never go to public educate. They see what is happening and know that it is no displace for them.
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