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Home Where They Belong ~ They Own Your Children, You Know
1:04 AM, Dec. 5, 2007
I get news alerts about homeschooling, public schools, etc. via email. Sometimes these links come from friends, like the emailed link last week to the story in the news about the mass immunization call in MD. The title of the email was, "Ever-Increasing Government" and her comment was, "they own your children, you know." Re: to this email were then renamed, "I would be furious". At this and on further discussion on addressing the thought, "they own your children, you know," I disagreed. Not that the gov't doesn't think they own your children, but that they really are not "taking" the children, but rather, the parents are systematically giving up control of their children. Unfortunately, Christians - parents and grandparents, pastors and churches, have already rolled over in their understanding of what is best for children. As I looked through the cbd homeschool catalog last night ... trying to avoid being upset by the many absurd 'Christianized' worldly ideas, I could not stand it any longer when I found the book whose description said:
Did you catch that? I about came unglued. YOUNG WOMEN?? HUH? This is a Christian author saying our eight and twelve-year-old girls are no longer little girls. They are now young women. Well, maybe in her world. Maybe in *the* world, but not our world. I don't think we have a clear understanding as homeschool parents just how deep into the public mindset most Christian parents are. I think we think they think like us a lot of times because they are Christians, and they don't. It is no longer about keeping the ps out of control or taking control, it is about parents who have for many years chosen to give their children fully to the system. The whole shebang...the way the world dresses, dates, immunizes, teaches about sexuality, homosexuality, and the list goes on and on. I am not saying everyone should believe as I do... nor do I think everyone does. I just think that parents who grew up in the system who want their children in the system, be it for sports, academics, socialization, to be in clubs, to have friends, to be popular... whatever their reason... to be a light to a dark world.... I think they have been in it so long, they are now propagating it, and it is kind of like blaming the devil for everything to blame the pss in many cases. A lot of times the christian parents have given up rights without considering consequences, and then the lawyers and those of us who have been telling them all along have to pick up the banner and fight for their children when they have not. There is something wrong with perspective here. The GOV knows what their goals are. The christian parents have not a clue... they are just going with the flow, calling us (homeschoolers) high-n-mighty. Sorry for the rant. I think I am still upset about some moronic author assuming any 8yo child is ready to be a young woman and discuss guys. Hannie is going to be 8 next month, and she doesn't even want to help Eric clean off the porch. Gimme a break. This book, which I do not at all recommend is Between: A Girl's Guide To Life by Vicki Courtney - and also... for "Teens" TeenVirtue2: A Teen's Guide To Relationships. I just don't think many Christian parents today get it. They want the smart, sexy, popular kids who handle relationships and jobs and cars and cell phones who will still go to church on Sunday morning. They want the football star that everyone is cheering for. I don't know if that is ok. I do know that it is a worldly desire, and the same one that says that an eight year-old little girl is no longer a little girl, but a young woman ready to talk about guys. God help us, The Church.
I'm not saying don't be proud of your children, but, c'mon. This is a testimony to the direction of the world that the church is steeped in. As Christians, we must be aware. We must wake up. I am happy we keep our children home. We do not desire all of those things for our children. God has a path for them to follow, and it starts with their character in Him and the family He put them in, not the world's idea of success. Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths Homeschool
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Thank you for saying this and please don't apologise!!! I live in England and it is ten times more so over here! Kids start 'high school' at ELEVEN!!!! My friends are encouraging their 9 and 10 year olds to make their own decisions about what is right and wrong in a situation because they say 'They are getting old enough now to learn to make the right decision on their own.' (!?!?!?!?) I was still playing with baby dolls at 14, but the girls here are too old for dolls at 8????? And I can't find decent toys for my boys to play with in any stores! When I suggest playmobile for people to get them as Christmas presents they are horrified (???) that my 8 year old still plays with 'those little kid toys'!! I wish they would all stop trying to make my kids grow up before they should! I want them to have a childhood, they will have long enough to be an adult! Sorry, my rant in reply is almost as long as yours. (blush) But I wanted to wholeheartedly agree with all you said!
I agree with your 'little girl' rant. My 10 yr old is still very much a 'little girl' with plenty of years before her to grow up.
...And DeeDee, too! I'm SO sick and tired of people trying make little girls grow up before their time. My girls are nearly 20 and 17 now, but I still see what little girls wear (Madonna look-a-likes) and what the fashion stores sell (hooker-wear). And, I'll tell you, I am NOT above commenting about what stores sell in their Jr. Depts., in particular. I have often commented to floor managers, dept managers and store managers about the shameful clothes they sell...I've even happened upon a couple of buyers in the store, too. If shame (which no one seems to have anymore) doesn't pierce their brains, then I hit them where it matters to them...in the purse strings! I tell them that they have no idea of the market they are missing by not AT LEAST having a corner in that dept with more modest clothing for those parents who are not afraid of their children and don't want their daughters looking like prostitutes. Comments 
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