I just responded to a poll asking for the top four reasons we homeschool. I get this question alot because we live in "the best school district in our state".

Here are our top 4 Reasons...

1. God told us to, truly, my husband and I have spent many hours seeking the Lord for direction and His plan for our family life. We have clearly (and numerously) heard from Daddy that our chiildren are to be set apart for His purpose. And for our family this is best accomplished through the homeshcooling lifestyle. So first, the decision to homeschool is an act of obedience. That is not to say all parents are called to homeschool, or that all parents should - however it is what we feel God is calling US to do.

2. Family time and relationships is a close second. We enjoy spending time together and desire our children to have close relationships with one another. If they were in the peer dependant environment of traditional school they would have developed close bonds with friends instead of siblings. I love that my kids love eachother and seek out eachothers company.

3. An extension of #2 is that we did not want the negative peer influences of our culture to be thrust upon our children at an early age. We want them to be able to know what they believe and why they believe it so that they can be salt and light to the world around them. We do not want our children in an environment that at best ignores and at worst denies and mocks our core belief system. The character of a person is critical to their ability to learn and interact with their world. With our kids at home we can better work on their character which in turn gives them the internal drive and desire to pursue academics, talents etc. Wthout godly character, what difference does knowing your math facts backwards and forwards make? The chief purpose of man is to know and serve God, we were created to worship our creator. If our children know and practice that truth- they can do anything God sets before them.

4. I love learning and love to teach! I always desired to be a teacher and homeschooling allows me to teach and have the very best students possible!

Those are *our* reasons to homeschool, listing them out helps me keep my perspective when we are having a really tough day and I am having visions of school busses dance in my head! Our school is far from perfect, how could it not be - it is run by imperfect me! But I would not have it any other way!