There are many scriptures that could be used as the basis for homeschooling my kids (which are conveniently outlined in Educating the WholeHearted Child pages 23-28). Here are only a few:
- Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:4-9 {which is our homeschool verse}
- Psalm 78:1-8
- Psalm 127:3-5
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- Hebrews 4:12-13
- Colossians 2:6-7
- 2 Timothy 2:2
- …and so many more.
Those honestly are not the reasons that I first wanted to homeschool. Actually when I thought about having kids, it didn’t dawn on me that I could homeschool. It was normal for kids to get up at crazy hours in the morning to be able to stand and wait for a big yellow bus. *I* did and so did all my siblings and my friends.
When I met my then future husband, I found out shortly after meeting him that he’d been homeschooled his entire k-12 years {and he turned out quite swell!
My main reason that I homeschool- then and now- is because I love my kids and I want to spend as much time with them as I can. It just blows me away to think of the hours I missed with them because they were at school- and doing who knows what (quite often nothing). I’m not a ‘control freak’; my kids have freedoms to do things. But I didn’t like the attitudes that they were subjected to and were internalizing as their own.
Bottom line: I love my kids and that is why I homeschool. The other things such as the scriptures direct me to, my kids are less stressed, I don’t have to buy school clothes, there isn’t bullying going on {uh, usually lol}, etc., are just added bonuses or incentives. I think that when my kids leave the home to be on their own, I hope they will be better connected with us because of the time we spent together as a homeschooling family.
See why other homeschoolers do what they do, if you’d like, at the TOS Blog Cruise.
I am so glad! I wish I could have homeschooled you guys, but alas I couldn't and wouldn't have known how...
ReplyDeleteThat's the bulk of the reason why I homeschool too Blossom!
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