SHOULD Christians homeschool? Or, is homeschooling a Christian liberty? You know, like skirt wearing, or drinking a little alcohol without getting drunk, or listening to some certain secular music sometimes, or wearing lipstick, or owning a TV – where the Bible is silent or gray on the matter and we have to figure it out by piecing together random verses.
I’m sure some of these examples stand out to you as “NO, the Bible is CLEAR on that one! There’s a right and wrong on that one.” That’s fine.
In this post, I make the case for why homeschooling is one of those. At the very least, today we’re talking about why to make it a priority and give it your best effort to make happen. Then at the end of the post there are tips and encouragement for those that truly cannot homeschool.
My husband and I believe that there is a clear path that is God’s BEST for Christian families in education. We believe Christians should homeschool.
At the end of this post, I share my very favorite resource for parents to help their children develop excellent thinking and communication skills. This is an integral part of my homeschool routine, and is something that non-homeschooling parents can utilize as well!
Why be dogmatic that Christians should homeschool?
Two reasons:
- Because God wants the best for us. The Bible has some very high standards. Holiness. The Beatitudes. Turn the other cheek. Don’t argue. Bite your tongue. Destroy pride. No lying. No lust or sex before marriage. Be angry and sin not. Very. High. Calling.
- It’s the end of the world. Time to get serious. We are running out of time to help grow God’s kingdom. Soon, people will run out of time to get saved. It doesn’t get more serious than that.
Now, of course it’s not possible to always walk in God’s best plan and God knows this. But He still has a best way for us. Let me give you an example:
When I got married, I was not a virgin. That was not God’s best plan for my life. My failure to live up to this did not change His best plan; I simply failed to walk in it. There is grace in this thing that can’t be undone. I am still a Christian, not condemned to hell. Thankfully, God is able to redeem what was eaten away by sin. But, does that mean I got away without any baggage from this poor choice? No, I personally did not (some people do). Does my experience negate the fact that He has an ideal path? Not in the least.
So, in this post, we’re going to explore:
- Two major categories of why Christians should homeschool
- Then many of the most common reasons Christians use for not homeschooling despite all that
- And lastly, some tips for Christian families who do not homeschool, and how to armor up
This won’t be a quick read, that’s for sure. I hope you are challenged and encouraged.
Quickly, before we begin….
It’s sad I need to say this, but modern culture necessitates it.
I’m not your boss, judge, mother, pastor, or Master. If you feel shame, guilt, anger, and/or the like, it’s a heart issue in you. Take what applies to you here and spit out the rest. Ask yourself if you feel conviction from the Holy Spirit. That is worth pressing INTO.
I call this bootcamp for a reason. I write from a loving and gracious heart, but I will not waste anyone’s time with fluff and pandering to mediocrity. Like I said, we have no time to waste because it’s the end times.
Yes, Christians should homeschool! Let’s do this!
The Two Main Categories Why Christians Should Homeschool
I’ve grouped reasons why Christians should homeschool into two categories: The Content of school outside the home and effects it has on The Family. You’ll find I don’t say a whole lot about different models of schooling outside the home because they generally have many of the same pitfalls, especially when it comes to The Family, and the vast majority of non-homeschoolers attend public school (government school).
Another post will come later on “What About Christian School?”
It’s a topic I feel will reflect much of what it said here, but deserves its own post.
Category 1: The Content
This category refers to the moral, spiritual, and educational content of 21st century school. Let’s start with some scripture:
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
Psalm 1
Take a few minutes to read this a couple of times. Notice, there are only two ways: Righteous, unrighteous. With Jesus or against Jesus. There is no in-between. Make no mistake, your children WILL be discipled. Will they be discipled by the unrighteous, or by the righteous?
For our family, Psalm 1 alone is enough to convict us that Christians should homeschool, but there are a lot more.
Let’s look at some doctrines of the world. They seek to disciple your children, who are God’s, entrusted to you for a time, for whom you have to answer. What will you allow?
SPIRITUAL CONTENT
Deuteronomy 6 instructs parents to teach their children the Word of God at all times of the day, in all situations, without fail. This will not be possible if you send them out of the home. A quick devotional at bedtime and maybe one meal per day will not outweigh all that follows here.
Schools operate from a staunchly anti-God world view.
The religions instead are….
- Humanism: noun ~ “an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.” [Google dictionary]
The Bible is clear: humans are inherently SINFUL, not inherently good. Humanity will never progress past sin and its effects. Humans are not, and never will be, the savior of humanity. We must teach our children to acknowledge our failings and look to that Savior because true progress (from unregenerate to regenerate) starts with acknowledging the bad news before receiving the good news.
- Evolution: the theory not taught as a theory. Your children will have their belief in the very first chapter of the Bible undermined. They will cast seeds of doubt and, if your kids try to stand strong, they will be laughed to scorn. Undermining the first chapter of the Word undermines all the following chapters.
- Even though they are anti-God, they will teach about ALL other religions except Christianity. Yoga, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Taoism, Buddhism, and more. Gandhi will be a hero, Jesus will be a villain. Abraham? He’s a probably legend. Adam, a myth.
- Relativism: the idea that there is no objective truth. Everything is relative to ME and MY truth. Very problematic. They even try to say 2+2 = 5 now. I wish I were joking. A self centered worldview is highly problematic not only for learning plain facts, but mental and spiritual health, as well as interpersonal skills.
- Self esteem, another religion of the world. To esteem means to worship. Self. Esteem. Think about that. Yet, there is an epidemic of depression in the Western world. Makes you wonder how well that self worship is working out. Our thoughts and hearts and minds should focus on the Lord, not ourselves.
MORAL CONTENT
Many of these have spiritual implications as well as moral implications since the two cannot be fully separated in the heart of man.
- Marxism might seem strange to top the list (they’re not in any order) but right now the Western world is at war with the threat of Marxism (again?!), a truly toxic ideology that the school system is not even trying to hide anymore. Marxism is anti-God, anti-freedom, anti-equality. It has brought down every society which it has infected and it’s being taught as a GOOD thing from miserable, deceitful, wicked people.
- Socialism is just slightly more politically correct Marxism. For the good of everyone, what you work hard for does not belong to you. It’s truly mind boggling. Your children will be taught how good FREE things are without any information to critically think about (or critical thinking skills) as to how it’s possible that anything in life could be free. Someone somewhere is paying for every single thing whether in time or money, both, or other.
- LGBTQRSTUV+? “He made them male and female” is the foundation of family which is the foundation of society. It is abusive to children to even suggest that there are genders to explore and choose from. Every single subject is infused now from history to math to art. This is another item that could be the only one the “Why Christians Should Homeschool” billboard. Teachers went from covertly accepting this when I was in public school to openly pushing this agenda, consciously secualizing children. Drag shows? Enough said.
- Abuse in schools. Each year, millions of kids are physically and sexually abused. By teachers, staff members, coaches, or other students. Don’t eat before you Google it.
- Poor peer influence abounds when you don’t know what other parents aren’t protecting their kids from. My mother was strict with our media consumption and internet use in the early 2000’s, but she couldn’t stop the other kids from telling me what I missed. Secondly, the majority of their conversation is just foolishness. Their conversations are not monitored all day, whether it’s actually sinful topics or plain old silliness. You can easily teach your kids to speak clearly, coherently, and maturely each hour of the day. Ephesians 5:4 says “Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” Read Proverbs – our speech matters. The Word tells us to dwell on things right, good, holy, pure, beautiful, just. Not fart jokes and memes. And this doesn’t even mention the amount of peers with gender confusion, doing drugs, broken families, and more.
- The bus! (Of course not all kids ride the bus. Just most.) The bus exacerbates everything unsavory. Kids had sex on my bus. I’m not kidding. No supervision is not good. Cell phones, selling drugs, gossip, bullying, and just pure chaos!
- The school system will constantly have your child dreaming about what they will do when they grow up. How they can change the world. How they can make a difference. It’s all very inspiring and their hearts get fluttering about it. But God has a purpose already set up for each person. We need to explore this over the years with our kids, not leave it up to their heart feelings. (Proverbs tell us the fools heart wants nothing but to discover itself!) And in general, most people are not going to be the fantasy type of world changers. Men get a job to PROVIDE, not be inspiring. Women raise kids and run the home. For the most part, it is already laid out. Perhaps all the emphasis on purpose and emotions is actually leaving more people empty and out of touch with reality. It’s a form of self-worship, a me-centered life.
- Anti-America. The school system is rewriting history. They will stop at nothing to villainize our founding fathers and nation-builders (most of whom, if not Bible believers, did live by and promote many Biblical values). Do you want your kids to learn actual history or re-written history? Although our nation is not our forever home (heaven is), having a national heritage is part of being human. The world is seeking to erase this by creating “global-citizens” which plays right into end-times prophecy. Don’t participate.
- Pro-choice will be the only reasonable option when it comes up in school. It’s murder. But, it is called a “health” right and other sanitized titles. Girls at your kids’ high school will be having abortions and talking about it.
- Other kids with un-monitored phones. Not only can they access anything through the internet, the dopamine addiction (a main issue with porn) is poisonous as well. The stats on children viewing porn and being groomed for sexual abuse through apps are staggering. Kids, especially boys, should never have a phone with free internet reign (although porn use in women is on the rise).
- Feminism, anti-men, is the only way to survive in school. Believing men and women are different will not be tolerated at all. Feminism harms women, though, and leads to broken families and the broken world we see right now. Even just having to sit and obey (mostly) females without their own authority all day is very feminizing to boys.
- Lacking authority. Sure, there is a teacher in the room most of the time, but they are not their authority. When their “authority” is rebelled against or challenged, the teacher can not carry out any discipline. Parents can actually berate and abuse teachers when the student doesn’t do well. It’s completely backwards! It is your job to teach your children proper authority day in and day out.
- Bullying: protect your children. So much bullying goes unresolved and it’s very damaging. Kids are getting more and more toxic, mean, angry, abusive, and depressed all the time as society and families break down.
To summarize all these bullet points, yes, eventually, you’ll be responsible for teaching your children about these topics. They will not stay secrets forever. But that’s just it; it is YOU that is responsible for that and YOU get to decide exactly how and when your children receive this information. You can ease them into it, in the best way for each child, for the proper biblical perspective. It’s actually very important that you DO teach them these things so that they are prepared for the world they live in. Your strategy will be entirely different from a school’s. You can make it honest, balanced, and godly instead of tools to entice them into hedonism and the passing pleasure of sin.
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
- Homeschoolers outperform public schools consistently. Christians should homeschool because the Bible calls us time and again to do our best, excel in all things, and give God the glory for it.
- School is not tailored to each individual student. In most cases, they will either be left behind or frustrated that they are ahead. This was the exact case for myself and my husband – totally opposite students and neither of us got served what we needed.
- Poor student to teacher ratio. Everyone wonders how Mrs Duggar spends time with each of her kids, but how does 24-year old Miss MollySue spend quality time with each of her 25-30 students?
- School quality depends on where you live, wealth of the area, and politics. Many schools are graduating students that have a 5th grade reading level and even less comprehension. You can find countless youtube videos of people asking very basic questions that get wrong answers. Who was George Washington? What is 1776? What is Independence Day about? Who is our vice president currently? How many states are there? It’s really embarrassing.
- Students are told what to think. They are not taught TO think. It doesn’t matter how many times they say that they teach critical thinking, that doesn’t mean they do. They say they encourage out-of-the-box thinking, but only if it’s a box they approve of.
- So many hours, so little learning. Each school day covers little ground. You can learn 10x as much at home in the same amount of time, or spend less time “schooling” and more time living and being the body of Christ.
- If you want to prepare your child for higher education, they can start doing that much earlier, and work on getting it paid for as well, instead of launching into adulthood in debt. I have many friends who graduated homeschool high school with an associate’s degree paid for in cash.
To wrap up this category, consider this: is there any other belief system that would encourage its followers to spend 5 days a week for 12+ years in an education system that is built deliberately and purposefully against everything it stood for?
No, there isn’t.
Christians should homeschool because it’s not about school at all. It’s about discipleship. You cannot let your children be discipled by unbelievers and cry at the prodigal prayer meeting every month wondering what happened. Middle and high schoolers are leaving the faith long before they leave home. You can make a large impact for this not to happen so easily. Eternity is at stake.
As Voddie Baucham says:
“We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they come home as Romans.”
Category 2: The Family
The family is the basic unit not only of society, but of the church. It needs to be not just protected but systematically and intentionally strengthened and empowered. It doesn’t just happen on its own if you say you’re a Christian and go to church on Sunday and usually hang out with other Christians. It’s certainly not guaranteed, even if you were raised in a God-fearing family! Satan seeks to kill and destroy the family unit. Just look around.
How does schooling affect the family unit?
- Authority will shift away from Dad and Mom and onto teachers/no one (or peers), usually female. A homeschooling mom should defer to dad continually throughout the day, but a female teacher has no one to defer to as her authority. This emasculates boys and makes girls more masculine. Many teachers are now “safe spaces” and “if your parents don’t accept you, I’m your new mom” type of 20-somethings.
- The family is weakened from lack of spending time together. What God put together, let no man separate. Your family is a TEAM. You belong together. With each child separated from their siblings and mom and dad, everyone becomes an individual instead of finding purpose as a member of their family tribe. Siblings cannot grow together in love and comrades for God’s kingdom when they are never together. I certainly am not close with my siblings and this is a major factor.
- Your kids won’t bond with parents or siblings the same. They will bond with whoever they spend the most time with. God forbid you then move, or when they finally graduate, they will feel like their whole life is falling apart and their heart shattered. It’s like practicing divorce and causes a lot of pain and hurt.
- What is a stay-at-home mom going to do all day? Now, I hate this question because I do have my kids at home all day, but I honestly am curious what stay at home moms do without their kids. It doesn’t take nearly as much effort to clean a house and keep everything in order when you are the only one in it all day. You won’t be discipling. You won’t be correcting and instructing. You are basically a maid and secretary. How will the children learn to participate in the everyday things of the household when mom does them all without them? (That is not to say that if your kids are in school that having a stay at home parent is useless. It’s not!)
- Less flexibility because you are tied to the school schedule. “Real life” won’t start until they are 18. Homeschooling allows more freedom in how you spend your time. Have a picnic lunch whenever, enjoy museums and beaches without the crowd, travel in the off season when it’s cheaper. There are so many possibilities.
- Your kids won’t learn character because all the emphasis is fake religion and a little book learning, instead of Bible-based character shaping. Character is the TOP priority for children until about age 7 when their personality becomes pretty set. Around 7 is also usually the perfect time to begin sit-down book work, not 4 or 5. Unless, that is, just whatever character your young child comes up with, with the school system behind them to encourage anything their heart fancies. Unfortunately, foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. They need to be shaped and molded.
- Your kids will lack discipline time, which needs to happen very often for many years as they shift from toddlers learning “no” to teens learning self-discipline. Ecclesiastes 8:11 says “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” You need to discipline often and consistently, starting very early, as soon as you see any issue. It’s simply not effective to let things that you don’t see slide, or talk about it at the end of the day briefly.
- Your kids will lack life skills like chores, grocery shopping, laundry. This is how we got the hashtag “adulting”. EYEROLL. It will always seem like “extra” stuff they have to do that prevents them from enjoying life, when the everyday basics ARE life. The fun stuff is extra.
- Homecshooled kids can find purpose contributing to the family, learning hobbies, starting a business, and having a meaningful place in the world to fit into.
- Homeschooling families have more time to minister to neighbors or church members. We wouldn’t need old folks homes if families stayed home and had time to care for the elderly and visit the sick. What precious time your kids could spend at the feet of the older wise ones of the body of Christ. How many young mothers healing postpartum wouldn’t feel so exhausted and lonely if more families were home all day and could send over meals easily or drop off their teenage daughter to help?
- You’ll have more time for hospitality in your own home. The Bible describes communion as happening “as often as you eat together”. Are you doing life and fellowship and real communion together with your brothers and sisters in Christ? Most people are “too busy” because they are tied to the school system (plus extra activities!)
- The Bible calls us to be set apart, be different! Your kids aren’t going to be different from the world by being educated by the world.
- In the end times, he who has the hope of Jesus’ appearing purifies himself (1 John 3:3). If it was the end times in the first century, we are in the last millisecond now. We have to step up right now!
- People lived like this (home education) for all of humanity. School outside the home is the new-fangled thing, unless you were rich enough to hire private tutors, and then it often still happened at home.
Did anything on the lists stand out to you? Are there some things on the list you’ve been thinking are “no big deal”? Or maybe just one or two bad things isn’t so bad ….
All of these things roll together. It’s a total package. You don’t get to pick and choose. Christians should homeschool because this is the reality and it’s very serious.
Main Excuses Why Christians Should (or can) Not Homeschool
You can call them reasons if you want, but like all worthwhile endeavors in life, a challenge doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. Exercise is hard and often doesn’t feel good, but it’s still beneficial. Let’s look at some things that may be holding you back.
- Finances: You think you can’t have one income, or can’t afford curriculum. Really examine your life and ask yourself – are we paying for needs only? Personally, we have lived under the poverty line for many many years and God has never left us starving or homeless. We have not lived like kings, but we have never lacked anything we needed. In fact, I am always getting rid of stuff and feeding people! You can most likely do it. If you can’t right now, make a step by step action plan to make it happen. Go without things. You will survive. Actually, you’ll probably thrive!
- Too hard: Not going to sugar coat this one. It Is Hard. So is everything else in life. Marriage is hard. Parenting is hard. Being a Christian is hard. Reading the Bible daily is hard. Hard is never an excuse not to do important things.
- Don’t know anyone else doing it: It’s much more enjoyable to homeschool in a community of like-minded folks, but it’s sometimes not available. However, you might be surprised that once you start, people crawl out of the woodwork! Or maybe, you can start a community that families nearby have secretly been longing for but haven’t done it themselves.
- Lack of socializing: Homeschoolers are more well adjusted and socialized because they do not sit in a room all day with 25 other people the same exact age as them. THAT is not socializing. Did you have any weirdos at your school? Of course you did. And they sat together and made each other more weird! Your kids can socialize with their own family, other families, church members, extra-curriculars, neighbors, people out shopping, and more. That’s real life. You don’t even need to go out for socializing because you can bring it into your home AND make sure it’s healthy socializing. Like I mentioned before, the majority of socializing is downright sinful or just nonsense.
- Poorer education: Some people think homeschoolers don’t actually learn anything. Well, that one’s up to you. About 99% of homechoolers I know not only did school, but a LOT, and excelled. Some are doctors and nurses, some are realtors, speech therapists, engineers, and business owners. Homeschooled does not equate to unlearned any more than public schooled does – as in, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. It’s up to you.
- Don’t feel qualified to teach your kids: It can be so intimidating, but think of it this way. You only need to teach them character, HOW to learn, and to LOVE to learn. That’s it. Anything you don’t know can be outsourced to a curriculum or other adult, or you can learn it together. You need to be a lifelong learner to teach your kids to be a lifelong learner, so learn alongside them. If you are willing to devote the time, there are many resources to instruct parents on how to homeschool. You also don’t need to be able to do it all and know it all the day you start for the first time. Build your skills and knowledge over time; it really takes the pressure off!
- Sheltered: Same train of thought as the socializing issue, but really…. do you want your kids rolling in the muck and mire of this world? I am excited to shelter my kids from some of the effects of sin I encountered in the world without guidance. On the other hand, you as the parent should be the first one to tell your kids about unsavory, scary, or sinful topics so that you can give them the right viewpoint on it and be their rock and refuge. This will help them come to you first when they need help and guidance through life.
- What about being salt and light: This is a big one that will have its own post one day, but let me ask you – do you get worn out when you are around worldly people for a while? Do you feel their attitudes soaking into you, or their thoughts or habits? Do you need a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit daily even when you haven’t really been in the world much lately? Now, imagine an underdeveloped child, who probably is not even saved yet…. what do you think their capacity to put on AND WIELD the armor of God is? As good as an adult’s who has been a Christian for so many years? Not even close. There is a REASON there are qualifications for elders and pastors, and Levites couldn’t serve in the temple til age 30. Yes, all Christians should do the work of an evangelist but first you have to actually know God and His Word and have a solid foundation. Children are just building their foundation and they are very vulnerable. They are in training, not launched yet. It also implies that school is the only way to meet unbelievers, which is untrue. It’s probably the worst excuse in the book.
- They’ll be weird: If being like the world is not weird, sign my kids up for weirdness bootcamp at my house. The world thinks virgins are weird. Sobriety is weird. Christian music is weird. Modesty is weird. Monogamy is weird. Speaking clearly and respectfully is weird. Reading the Bible is weird. #teamWEIRD (refer to socializing point above about weirdos at public school)
- Wanting them to know about other ideas not be brainwashed and close-minded: Our kids know about evolution. They know about adultery. They know about homosexuality and death, etc etc. We give them the widest range of ideas at the appropriate time, through the appropriate lens. The schools however, have to stick to the liberal agenda talking points and will not teach the open-mindedness they preach, except to be open-minded toward sin and close-minded toward righteousness.
How To Armor Up If You Send Your Kids Out For School
Quickly, let’s touch on some reasons despite all this that you still may not homeschool and how to make the most of it with the Lord’s wisdom and strength.
- Your husband says no. Yep, go with it. Pray pray pray daily, and find small opportunities to share your heart graciously, humbly, and peacefully. Pray the Lord brings strong men into your husband’s life that homeschool their kids to inspire him.
- You are a single parent. Of course there are single parents who are able to work from home, build passive income, (we should all do this), and still homeschool, but it is not as common although it is definitely increasing now that we have the internet. God has grace for you. One solution is to pray for a spouse! It’s not silly, God designed family, your kids will be blessed to be raised in a home with two parents. Pray for passive income opportunities. Pray to be able to work from home. You never know what God may work out.
- Mom is unwilling. Fix your heart. It’s not worth it, sister.
- Special needs children. This is something I have not experienced, so I cannot speak to the challenges here. I know many families that home school specifically because the home better suits their child’s special needs, but I imagine there are cases where a family isn’t going to fit into homeschooling.
- Finances. It may take time to transition to a one-income life style or pay off some nagging debts. In the meantime, homeschooling may truly not be possible. Keep plugging away and make progress, it’s so worth it!
- Family tragedy such as serious illnesses or others. I have friends who sent some of their older kids to public school for one year when they had a serious house fire. Notice, it was only some of their older kids. They had all of the above locked down and it was temporary.
Tips For Making Out-Of-Home School Work
- Make a family motto, mascot, vision, mission statement. Your family needs their own banner to fly to give them solid belonging and purpose that will never fade and is founded on God’s truth.
- Dedicated training time so they are equipped to handle the world. Make a serious Bible study plan and be consistent. Wash them with the water of the Word if it means getting up at 5 am. It’s worth their eternal soul. Then re-wash them when they get home each day.
- Tell them first. Jimmy will be told that Sally has two moms. But Sally will tell him how great it is and if Jimmy makes a face, that’s hate speech. You MUST tell your kids everything first, and sooner than you think. The world is much more aggressive than it used to be.
- Have a stay at home mom. Even secular researches say there is benefit to having a stay-at-home parent to anchor the family. The most tight-knit families I know from public school had a stay-at-home or part-time working mom that was always there for them when they came home and making the home a haven of peace and rest.
- Family bonding time as much as possible. After school time and weekends should be for family, not more activities and always hanging with friends. The family must be a higher priority than other activities. The family that makes memories together is a very strong family! This is Jessica Smartt, one of my favorite authors on this subject! This book really blessed me. You can buy it here or listen for free on Scribd.
- Have a lot of kids. A larger family will kind of force you to bond more. The kids will be sharing rooms, vehicles, and you won’t be able to take each one to 6 different activities per week. Your kids will be more known as “one The Smiths”, instead of Jimmy, thus enforcing the family camaraderie even more.
- Know who your kids are with, teachers, friends. If you don’t know the friends AND the parents, get to know them before a lot of time is spent together. You have to be able to guide your kids in relationship building and it takes work to be involved when you aren’t with them all the time.
- PHONES. No internet on your kid’s phone! No ifs, ands, or buts! Even texting friends can become addicting, so just calling ability is best. This applies to home schooled kids too, but if my kids were going out to school, they’d probably have a phone a lot sooner.
- Build a strong Chrstian community, preferably with families of varying ages of children and adults. This may not fall in your lap, your own church may not be strong in this area, but you can diligently seek it or make it yourself. Hang with parents whose kids are older and walking with the Lord. This will show your children the marked difference between regenerate people and the unregenerate world. Everything is different!
Wrapping Up Why Christians Should Homeschool
In order to fulfill the Great Commission and grow God’s kingdom with the short time we have left, Christians need a systematic and purposeful training system for growing disciples.
The primary way to grow disciples (for any group) for all of humanity has been to have children and raise them in the same way. But with the modern world being obsessed with population control, abortion, and trans rights, they have to find recruits instead of grow disciples in their own homes. (Not to mention, you might be interested in which religion is WAY outdoing Christians in family size.)
Don’t fall for this, Christians! The first step in the Great Commission is making disciples in the God-designed way – family!
Stable homes make stable societies and a healthy church. Everything starts in the home and ends in the home. If you haven’t started homeschooling, there’s no better time to start than now. It’s never too late to start, or too early to make yourself a plan. Your children’s souls are on the line. And not only theirs, but all the souls they could touch as well.
Do You Think Christians Should Homeschool?
I’d love to hear from you on your experiences and thoughts on whether Christians should homeschool. As I stated at the beginning, these are reasons my family homeschools. It’s impossible for me to write about everything in one post (though, clearly, I tried!), so stay tuned for more posts breaking down some of these topics one at a time.
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Kayla
Such a great read! #teamWEIRD!