I came across this the other day and thought about how true it is for me.  I am so thankful that I can stay at home and teach my children.  When I was their age I could've cared less about what I was learning about in school.  At the time it just wasn't interesting to me -- maybe it was the way the material was presented or just the public school environment overall, I don't know.  But, all of my children love to learn and I love to learn right along with them. 

Homeschooling is for Parents--

How many of us went through school without learning anything in general, or remembering anything in particular? We were neither interested nor motivated. We were simply serving our 12 year sentence. We now have another opportunity to learn these things as we teach them to our children. We have the opportunity to learn:

• The math we never understood.
• The science from a Christian instead of from a naturalistic perspective.
• The history they never taught us.
• The classical language they never offered us.
• The logic they never allowed us to use.

We never learn anything so well as when we ourselves have to teach it. What a blessing it is to have children to teach. And there are many things only a parent can teach his child.

Homeschooling is saving two generations: first us, then our children. We all must go on to earn our Ph.D. — Doctor of Parenthood.

Taken from "Seven Undeniable Truths of Homeschooling" (Number Seven) --- by Harvey Bluedorn (www.triviumpursuit.com)

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