How Homeschool Parents Build Their Child’s Lives
By Mimi Rothschild
When it comes to educating your children, most parents have two options: enroll them in public or private school, or homeschool them. Many parents are choosing to homeschool their children because of the higher quality of education they can receive outside of public schools. Another of the reasons some parents decide to homeschool is to give their children a strong foundation in their faith. Public schools do not allow God in the classroom, and homeschooling gives Christian parents the option to raise their children with God in their lives.
There is a parable that relates the education of children to the building of a house, and makes a convincing case for homeschooling. In this story, a man wants to build a house, and make it the most attractive and beautiful house in town. He discovers that through a free government program, he can get the state to help him build the house. The state provides the man with free blueprints, free land, and a free contractor to build the house for him. So, the state builds the man a large, attractive house for free, and the man is happy to have such a fine house that looks great next to his neighbors.
Now, this parable may seem in favor of public education over homeschooling thus far, if you consider that the state is the public education system. Why not take advantage of all these free things? However, the rest of the parable illustrates the real power of homeschooling. The man and his wife sat down to dinner in their new, beautiful home, and discussed why the cabinet doors and the windows wouldn’t shut properly. As they talked the man noticed a crack in the wall, and another in the ceiling. Soon large chunks were falling out. The man called the contractor, who said it wasn’t his job to fix the house; he could only go by the state specifications. Then the pipes burst, the walls trembled, and the entire house collapsed. It was soon discovered that the reason the beautiful house fell was a lack of firm foundation. It had been built on sand.
Homeschooling allows parents to build a firm foundation for their children’s education. When you choose to homeschool, you can allow God to be the architect of you and your child’s lives. Parents who homeschool will be satisfied in knowing their children’s education is based on solid foundations. Homeschooling allows your child to enjoy a close relationship with the Lord and become good Christians. For many homeschool parents, this firm faith base is the best gift homeschooling provides. Homeschool with pride, and let God be your architect.
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