There have been times in my life when a decision was made with little or no evidence to support that it would be sound. The ones that have mattered the most have had equal amounts of pro's and con's and sometimes the con's outweighed the pro's. Sensing a calling, destiny, fate, or God there have been many times I have been required to just launch out into the unknown.
So it comes as welcome relief that the mileposts along the way start to show that you are indeed on the right track.
As I lie in bed this morning listening to the news I was so relieved that the 2 big stories of the day would have absolutely no impact on my children in any way. The staph epidemic and birth control for school kids.
God help us.
Homeschooling has been the absolute best decision we have ever made as a family. We have endured some criticism over it, financial hardships, times of feeling inadequate, but there are so many reasons why it is the right thing to do. The one big argument against has been the concept that they don't get "social time" at home.
Those stories above are the results of social time. Mixing so many bodies into such a confined space for so many hours is unnatural. Placing children together during puberty is bad enough, but requiring them to disrobe, run around together in t-shirts and shorts competing with the opposite sex, and then to get naked and shower together afterwards is wrong on so many levels.
I remember Jr. High School and the gym teacher watching the boys in the shower; literally standing at the entrance starring at us as we washed up after class. I still remember the look on his face. Ick.
No where else have I ever been forced to take a shower with another man. Even at the YMCA there is the option of privacy. Who decided this was normal? If it is so normal to be naked in public why do we put shades on our bathroom windows?
Contraception for 11 year olds - without parental consent - are we out of our minds! This is child abuse, plain and simple. Children are not emotionally prepared for sex at 11 or 12 or even 18. In Maine, your 12 year old could get the pill, keep it in her locker - which is private property and unavailable to you - and you would never know it. What is to stop the sex education teacher from actually teaching the kids how to have sex with their new contraceptives!? I can hear the argument heading to a school board near you:
"Since there is no danger of pregnancy and the act of sex is perfectly natural and safe, let's have Billy and Sarah demonstrate the correct way to be safe for the class. After all, it is perfectly natural to want to have sex at any age and it is their body and their choice."
And since we have given the responsibility of raising our kids to the school - there will be nothing you can do to stop it.
Love your kids - teach them at home.
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I was thinking the same thing as I was listening to the radio.
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