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Our reasons for homeschooling
So I was writing a friend of mine and I realized in the letter it had all the reasons that we choose to homeschool! I don't know that I have ever posted about anything like this so I thought that I would include parts of the letter here. (Forgive me, Ade!!)
The Lord really laid it on my heart to homeschool when my oldest was about 3. I talked to my husband and he was pretty skeptical about it, in fact, he did not really want to do it. I had to really pray about it and just give it to the Lord. My hubby had not seen the benefits of homeschooling and was just not sure that it was for us. So we prayed about it and decided that we would take it a year at a time. After the first year, we never went back! The Lord opened my husband's eyes to how homeschooling blessed our family. I have heard that the schools in our area are some of the best. However, even if we have the best teachers and schools, if the Lord is not in them, the environment is not what we feel our children should be raised up to know as normal. Our children have the rest of their lives to know how rotten this world is. We want to protect them and raise them up to be in God's Love for as long as possible. That doesn't mean that we shelter them and never let them out in public!! NO! They would not grow and learn and know how to interact with other people. However, it does mean that we get to choose what situations we feel they should be in, we can monitor how much influence the world as on them and more.
Like I said before, not all mothers can homeschool, and not all families are called to homeschool. I would NEVER, EVER look down on another family for going to public school. We do, however, get flack for not having our kids go to public school. The question usually is: "How can they be a light to other people in the world if they are not out in the world?" I am the first to tell them that our children are constantly telling others about Jesus! In the store, at Kung Fu, as we walk around the neighborhood, our other homeschool friends...the Lord gives opportunities to those that look for them!
Can you tell that homschooling is my passion? I love teaching my kiddos, they are such a blessing to me! |
Posted: 6:44 AM, Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
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| makes me happy i homeschooled. and you were braver than me, you started from kindergarden |
Posted by nana at 2:51 PM, Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
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| what a blessing to have read this. I have a friend who homeschools for the exact same reasons you mentioned. I'm passing your blog along to her. I think she'd enjoy reading it. |
Posted by Sonia at 3:03 AM, Monday, May 28, 2007 |
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Hi, Heidi!
Hi, Heidi!
It's Karla from cleanandcozy. I enjoyed reading your blog!
Love,
Karla |
Posted by KarlaKAkins at 8:54 AM, Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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Amen, Heidi!
Hey, Heidi...it's Glenda.
Mom and Dad got that same question all the time when they homeschooled me. But when the time came for me to go to public school as a freshman in High School, I was far more grounded than my other Christian friends and was able to reach TEACHERS for the Lord. What a blessing that was! Kids can be a light wherever they are - even at the store and the library. Parents who assume that their kids can only reach other kids while in school are limiting their kids. |
Posted by Anonymous at 4:52 PM, Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
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