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"Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:3-5 (NASB)
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"Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass" I Thessalonians 5:24 (NASB)
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It's been a pretty good weekend. Yesterday was a very lazy day. It was overcast all day. And those overcast days can sometimes make one feel like doing NOTHING! Well, Saturdays are our rest day so rest we did. I put on a big pot of homemade vegetable soup and it cooked for several hours. It turned out wonderful! We will have the leftovers today which means I won't have to cook! I like those days. :)
Today, I'm trying to put the finishing touches on our upcoming week of school - making sure everything is ready to go. I had planned on my teenage son reading Romeo and Juliet this term. However, as I have sat down today to look over it and plan it out and write up some discussion questions, I found that I felt there was some inappropriate material in it. I know this is a classic but I am now questioning whether to have my son read it or not. Has anyone out there faced this same dilemma? Are there any Shakespearean plays that don't have some inappropriate material in them? Please let me know. My son did already read Twelfth Night and it seemed to be okay. I've now had qualms about two of the traditional classics that high schoolers read. I didn't have my son read Hamlet because of some of the pervading themes in the play. I would definitely appreciate anyone's input on appropriate Shakespearean plays.
My daughter and I read some of Shakespeare's stories in child-friendly adaptations. So while I know some of the story lines, I haven't read many of the plays except for the traditional ones that I read in high school (which was many, MANY years ago). Maybe I should just have my son do a survey of Shakespearean plays using a child-friendly book. Our library has the Tales from Shakespeare. Maybe that would work given the fact that he has already read a complete Shakespeare play (Twelfth Night) which means he will have had the opportunity to be exposed to that style of writing. I'd love your input on this!
Hello Karen,
Thank you for stopping by! I can relate 100% to your dilemma with R&J, I still have little ones but I notice more and more how inappropriate many classics are from books, theater, movies etc....
I pray you have a blessed rest of the week, sorry I was not more help. We are reading through the Chronicles of Narnia right now, it is a wonderful read!
The ultimate goal of Christian home education is to train children to impact the world for God. We want our children to not only hear and learn God's Word, but also be doers of God's Word. Therefore, we strive to teach them:
SERVICE - How to serve God and others
ACHIEVEMENT - To do the best they can in all they do from academic subjects to chores to serving others and more
LOVE - To love God and one another
TRUTH - To live their lives based on the absolute Truth of God
The name of this blog is the acronym for these four areas that we strive to teach our children:
S.A.L.T. - Service, Achievement, Love, Truth
