We homeschooled our four children, all of whom are now college graduates, two with masters degrees, back when resources were not as plentiful as today. Public schools here in California have been indoctrination facilities for decades. Children deserve to be children, to learn about God and family in a safe friendly environment. No matter how unequipped you may think you are, God believes you can do it as he trusted you with your children. Forget what “experts” tell you about how you should school your kids. Pray, trust God and give your kids the best environment to grow, they will learn all they need.
School with others outside of a completely controlled environment at home CAN teach tolerance for diversity. Given the US is about to possibly have a civil war because of the split between conservatives and liberals home schooling only works well if there’s a built in element of socialization with diverse groups or families. The whole idea of democracy is we work our differences out with love and compassion and wisdom. Wisdom that allows for and respects our differences. The lack of that wisdom leads to extreme ideas on ALL sides and inflexible factions which can destroy democracy. Home schooling can be great if it’s not a method of indoctrination but a way to tolerance. I suppose that depends on the maturity of the parents/ teachers. It can also lead to a narrow minded self righteous split as we see with many so called woke kids and parents. The same can happen and does with more traditional conservatives. How you navigate that issue is pretty important imo.
This was so beautiful! I homeschooled my two kids for 28 years and it was the best experience I could ever ask for. Anyone and everyone can do it - there is so much support out there. God bless you Peggy and Daniel!
The other side of homeschooling became obvious during covid when every child that was not in a private school was being home schooled. I was part of my granddaughter’s homeschooling for about a year, off and on. She eventually joined a pod of other kids with a hired person to keep the kids on task watching their I pads. My granddaughter’s reading is good (at grade level) but her math is still two years behind. She is doing third grade math in fifth grade and she is in mathnasium two days per week and all through the summer. I’m sure she’ll catch up. Socially it was not great. She developed friendships around this strange game called “Roadblock” and the influence there was not good—lesbian leaning, if you can imagine. And she gained a lot of weight. She still has a big stomach although she has thinned out in other ways. It took her about a year and a half to recover from “home schooling.” She is definitely better off in school with all the opportunities there. I hope she doesn’t have to go back into homeschooling or some variation when she hits 7th grade with the vaccine requirements. Oh well.
I'm sorry for your granddaughter's trauma during the last few years. So many kids suffered so much. If she needs or wants to homeschool again, I'm sure it can be a wonderful experience. At her age, it's likely she wants to make friends, and it is great that there are now so many homeschool groups or pods to join. I started homeschooling in 1993 and there were so few options back then. But we made it work and it was wonderful overall. Please try not to worry about her being 'behind'. We are all so different. If math does not come easy to her, she is unlikely to want a career that uses much math, and there are endless jobs that don't require any math beyond what a calculator can do. Just love her and believe in her, as I'm sure you do. She is lucky to have a grandmother who cares about her.
And maybe the two of you can learn things together - it's more fun that way!
We homeschooled our four children, all of whom are now college graduates, two with masters degrees, back when resources were not as plentiful as today. Public schools here in California have been indoctrination facilities for decades. Children deserve to be children, to learn about God and family in a safe friendly environment. No matter how unequipped you may think you are, God believes you can do it as he trusted you with your children. Forget what “experts” tell you about how you should school your kids. Pray, trust God and give your kids the best environment to grow, they will learn all they need.
Molly, thank you for the encouraging words.
School with others outside of a completely controlled environment at home CAN teach tolerance for diversity. Given the US is about to possibly have a civil war because of the split between conservatives and liberals home schooling only works well if there’s a built in element of socialization with diverse groups or families. The whole idea of democracy is we work our differences out with love and compassion and wisdom. Wisdom that allows for and respects our differences. The lack of that wisdom leads to extreme ideas on ALL sides and inflexible factions which can destroy democracy. Home schooling can be great if it’s not a method of indoctrination but a way to tolerance. I suppose that depends on the maturity of the parents/ teachers. It can also lead to a narrow minded self righteous split as we see with many so called woke kids and parents. The same can happen and does with more traditional conservatives. How you navigate that issue is pretty important imo.
This was so beautiful! I homeschooled my two kids for 28 years and it was the best experience I could ever ask for. Anyone and everyone can do it - there is so much support out there. God bless you Peggy and Daniel!
We are helping to homeschool our grandkids and it is the best thing we’ve ever done!
The other side of homeschooling became obvious during covid when every child that was not in a private school was being home schooled. I was part of my granddaughter’s homeschooling for about a year, off and on. She eventually joined a pod of other kids with a hired person to keep the kids on task watching their I pads. My granddaughter’s reading is good (at grade level) but her math is still two years behind. She is doing third grade math in fifth grade and she is in mathnasium two days per week and all through the summer. I’m sure she’ll catch up. Socially it was not great. She developed friendships around this strange game called “Roadblock” and the influence there was not good—lesbian leaning, if you can imagine. And she gained a lot of weight. She still has a big stomach although she has thinned out in other ways. It took her about a year and a half to recover from “home schooling.” She is definitely better off in school with all the opportunities there. I hope she doesn’t have to go back into homeschooling or some variation when she hits 7th grade with the vaccine requirements. Oh well.
I'm sorry for your granddaughter's trauma during the last few years. So many kids suffered so much. If she needs or wants to homeschool again, I'm sure it can be a wonderful experience. At her age, it's likely she wants to make friends, and it is great that there are now so many homeschool groups or pods to join. I started homeschooling in 1993 and there were so few options back then. But we made it work and it was wonderful overall. Please try not to worry about her being 'behind'. We are all so different. If math does not come easy to her, she is unlikely to want a career that uses much math, and there are endless jobs that don't require any math beyond what a calculator can do. Just love her and believe in her, as I'm sure you do. She is lucky to have a grandmother who cares about her.
And maybe the two of you can learn things together - it's more fun that way!
So kindly and beautifully stated! Thank you!