Home Schooling

Introduction

I think every Christian will agree that successfully rearing children today has grown exponentially more difficult because of the conditions in our public schools.  Those of us who came of age in the current system know not only how many temptations we faced but how much our peers influenced us either positively or negatively.  And most will have to acknowledge the negative influence was more pronounced than we would like to admit. 

Beside the negative peer influence there is the atheist, evolutionist, humanist, philosophy which is the only religion allowed in school today.  Contrast that with the Christian's desire to teach their children about the God of the Bible, His creation and the worship of His Son.  The family that sends their children to the public school system truly has their work cut out for them.

Home Schooling is not the solution to all of life's educational problems but it certainly is the solution to many.  The family that home schools will find not only their education to be a radical departure from the norm but their overall home life will be quantifiably different from the family that doesn't.  If you desire to have a family that is focused on spiritual life more than worldly life you should consider home schooling as one means to achieve that end.  This is not meant to look down on those Christians who choose to send their children to the public school system.  Nor does it mean you cannot have a spiritual home life but without a doubt achieving that kind of home life is more difficult without home schooling.

Elder James Taylor