Public School officials

Here's a disturbing article about a homeschool-preacher dad who killed his wife and stuffed her in a freezer. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/31/preacher.freezer/index.html

The district attorney in the case said "Part of the mystery here is that, apparently, none of these children were in school...Home schooling, under this situation, removes almost any chances of us catching up with these kinds of things until there is a catastrophe."

As I've written before, one huge function of the public school system is to "protect" children from their parents. Public school officials and teachers dislike homeschooling because they believe that there is no one watching out for the best interests of the children.

I understand that this situation was horrendous. But what about all of the public school kids who are abused or who've witnessed a crime? Why aren't we up in arms about them? When you hear of a non-homeschooled child who is abused, the news rarely mentions that the public school system 'failed' to protect the child. So, why are homeschoolers put under such scrutiny?

8:55 AM - Aug. 1, 2008 - comments {4} - post comment

Are Your Kids Safe in Christian School

I am going to apologize in advance for this post. I know, without a doubt, that this post will tick people off. I am truly not trying to upset anyone. But, I feel a responsibility to let people know that their children are in danger.

A long while ago I posted about the fact that when children enter into public school, the parents no longer have control over what happens to them...mainly the fact that CPS can interrogate children WITHOUT parental consent. Frankly, when children enter a government school, they no longer belong to the parents, but to the government.

Oh...but your kids don't go to a government school? They go to a Christian school? So, they must be safe? Yeah right. Check out this story about a CPS worker who STRIP SEARCHED two children at a private Christian school. In the article she says that strip searching is so routine, she didn't even bother telling her superior about it.

Clearly, the stupid principle in this case didn't realize the law, and didn't try very hard to protect the innocence and safety of these children. Which just ticks me off. Most people are completely ignorant when it comes to the law and CPS, they just cower and do whatever the CPS worker wants.

Stop trusting other people to keep your children safe. NO ONE will do as good a job as you...not even that nice Christian man that runs the school. (I am in no way referring to anyone in real life. THe man who runs the school attached to our church is a Godly man, and I do not believe that he would ever let this sort of thing happen.) However, why take a chance?

I'm not talking about living in fear here, but living in reality. We are in a Nanny state, and the first line of defense for CPS are the school teachers. In fact, a recent article in The Old Schoolhouse quoted a social worker as saying as much. One of the reasons they hate homeschooling is because they believe that there isn't anyone watching out for the children's well-being.

Oh yeah, except for the parents that God entrusted those children to.  GIVE ME A BREAK.

11:34 PM - May. 23, 2008 - comments {6} - post comment

An ADHD Movie

Yep, tons of initials.  Here's a great video that sums up the TRUTH about ADHD.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3609599239524875493

1:54 PM - May. 23, 2007 - comments {1} - post comment

Alliance for Separation of School and State

Here's a great website...The Alliance for Separation of School and State.  Its a movement to get the government out of the education business.  Make it free market, baby!  (Okay, I'm still learning what free market is all about!!) Click here to check out the website.

Please learn about the devastation of public schooling.  Its robbing your children of so many things, but mainly its making them into little government-propaganda-sponges.  Why not let them soak up your love and wisdom instead?

Here is a great quote from that website.  Think about it...

Government schools never sought the permission of parents to educate children. Instead, they used force to secure their audience. As is only natural, the arrogance of the state and its contempt for parents has grown with the years.  So also has its power over society.

12:15 PM - Feb. 22, 2007 - comments {1} - post comment

The Alternative is Scary

I was browsing the great site www.hillybillyhousewife.com for some mealtime inspiration.  On the site there are ideas for cheap lunch box meals for kids.  I'm not sure why I even looked, its not like I need lunchbox ideas.  But  I did, and it got me thinking...

Our house is crazy sometimes.  I'm not the best mother.  Laundry gets piled up and I yell way too much (okay, any yelling is too much yelling.)  My 8yo is a slow reader mainly due to my novice teaching skills and the addition of a new baby every school year.  But even in my imperfection, even with my failings, it is better than the alternative.

Reading the lunchbox menus and imagining my son eating in a school cafeteria makes me cry.  What about days when the kids decide to be mean and he eats alone?  What if, for whatever reason, he isn't deemed cool enough?  So, in order to avoid daily heartbreak, he does whatever is necessary to be cool.  Even if that means becoming someone he isn't or going against what we've taught him.  After all, we aren't there in the first place.

I'm so glad my babies are home with me, and that includes the 8yo.  I truly believe that mothers have to turn their hearts off in order to send their children away everyday.  Otherwise they'd despair over bullies and mean teachers.  They'd worry about evolution and new age philosophies.  These things are everywhere in the institutionalized school system.  So, how can moms send off their precious darlings?  I don't know.  I just don't know.

Moms, there is an alternative.  Be brave, and realize that you don't have to let anyone force you to send your child to school. Except your husband, of course.  But pray.  God changed my husband's heart and he is now our biggest homeschooling defender.  But believe me, homeschooling your kid with a messy house or screaming babies or an inadequate teacher is better BY FAR then sending them off because you don't think you "can do it".

3:55 AM - Feb. 2, 2007 - comments {2} - post comment

The History of Public Education

Check out this great article by Sam Blumenfield here.

11:40 AM - Oct. 16, 2006 - comments {1} - post comment

Public School, Christians, and the Annonymous Commentor

The last couple of posts (skip the "under construction" post) have really been weighing heavily on me.  I pray that God will direct the offended person back to this blog, so that they can fully understand my intentions. 

One of the biggest reasons that this exchange has bothered me is because I'm fairly certain I know the annonymous commentor in real life.  The internet is a funny thing, I don't have a problem offending faceless, internet blog readers.  I should, but I don't.  But, to imagine that I've offended someone that I might see tomorrow really bothers me. 

Let me start rambling, and see if you can make sense of my words.

I homeschool my children.  I do it because I feel God called me to.  I do it because they are MY responsibility, and I will have to stand before God for how they have been raised.  I do it because I don't trust the government or anyone else to teach and train my children the way that God has commanded me to. 

I only have one real life friend that homeschools her kids.  The rest send their kids away for the majority of the day to a government school or to a church school.  Do I love these mothers?  Yes.  Do I respect their right to make decisions for their children?  Yes.  Do I think they have made the right/best decision for their families.  No.  Of course, you might be asking "Well, who are you to judge what they do?"

Ahh...well let me illustrate something.  I'm fat.  Not just chubby with baby weight, but honest to goodness, big butt on the tv news FAT.  I weigh 300+ pounds at the moment, and I'm just a hair under 5'4".  Now, all of these women that I know wouldn't hesitate to say that it is not in my best interest to be so fat.  They would tell me the truth, and try to help me because they love me and want me to have a more abundant life. Would I be offended?  No, because I know that I'm fat and I know that its wrong to be a glutton (which is how I got so darn fat in the first place.) 

Well, I'm not sure why people get so offended when homeschoolers speak out against the dangers of institutionalized education, especially the secularized government version.  I just want to tell these moms the truth because I love them and because I want them to have a more abundant life. 

Do you really want to send your child away for 8 hours a day, and then have to spend the rest of your time together pulling out the evil seeds that have been planted while he was away at school?  Do you really want him to be surrounded by 30 of his peers, all day long, with little adult supervision?  Do you know what belief systems those peers are bringing up in front of him?  Do you know what evil ideas they are exposing your child too?  Do you want to give Satan any ground to use in your child's life?  Satan can turn a conversation between two five year olds into a lifelong battle of sin.  Is that what you want to spend your life fighting?

Wouldn't you rather spend time training and teaching your child in the admonition of the Lord?  Wouldn't you rather protect your child from the evils of the world until you know he is at an age to understand?  Wouldn't you rather know exactly how your child spent his day without having to guess at what he did?  Wouldn't you rather your family be strong and unified, rather than splintered apart, each person to their own life?

I could go on and on, but I don't have enough time or space here to outline the extreme benefits of homeschooling.  My opinion is strong, and I'm not going to apologize for that.  I pray that you mothers out there will reconsider what you are doing to your families and look into homeschooling.  I will try to share links and info from better sources than me.

1:22 PM - Oct. 4, 2006 - comments {4} - post comment

Abusive Teachers

Many local teachers have been arrested or fired for hitting/abusing students in the past year.  There have been nine in our community.  I'm mostly upset  at the parents.  They get on TV and complain that this teacher hurt their child...blah, blah, blah. 

Who gave that teacher complete authority over the child, without supervision, without knowledge of that teacher's past or spiritual/psychological issues?  The parents have.  They've been brainwashed to believe that they have no other choice than to hand their little five year olds over to the lions.  So, don't get all mad when the stranger (even though they are licensed by the state) that you allowed to be the boss of your kid does something to hurt them! 

Okay, that's over. 

10:57 PM - Sep. 29, 2006 - comments {2} - post comment

'Nuff Said

8:02 PM - Apr. 17, 2006 - comments {0} - post comment

Giving the Government Authority

A court in San Francisco has ruled against the constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children.  “[We] hold that there is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children, either independent of their right to direct the upbringing and education of their children or encompassed by it.”

Read the article from HSLDA here.

This had to do with public school parents whose children took a survey that had sexual questions on it.  The parents signed a permission slip, but were not aware of the extreme nature of some of the questions.  So, they sued the school.  I agree that they should be upset...but...

When you give the government authority over your children for 6-8 hours a day, why are you surprised when they abuse that authority.  It is the parent's fault for putting their children under someone else's authority in the first place.  When did the goverment's job description include raising children and passing down morals and values.  Doesn't our government have enough on its plate without having to provide an education and supervision for our children.  Parents, don't come crying when the government schools expose your children to something you don't approve of.  You gave the government the right to do that when YOU enrolled your child in public school.

12:02 PM - Nov. 16, 2005 - comments {2} - post comment