A Call for Gentleness
By Mimi Rothschild
Most homeschool parents and children already recognize the absurdity of the notion that homeschool children miss out on learning about the real world by not being raised in a public school environment. Actually, homeschool children are quite aware, or at some point in their childhood will become aware, just like every other child, how mean, cruel, and dangerous the world and the people in it can be. As a parent, Christian, and homeschool teacher, it is your responsibility to tell and show your students how to properly deal with a world full of so much danger. The fact is, whether a child is taught in homeschool or is publicly schooled, there are realities of the world that don’t always set in completely until they’re facing them alone. How do you hope they will handle the harsh realities of the world? Do you hope they will fight fire with fire, or do you hope they will fight fire with water?
Your children should learn gentleness, compassion, and good intentions. You don’t want your children and students to add to the destruction and the declining morals of the human race. You want them to be a part of the soft, quiet, and humble revolution that’s sends God’s message of love and kindness. You teach your homeschool children to do this by expressing to them how important it is to be loving and kind. You and your children can help chip away at the jagged edges of today’s world and today’s. Teach them that it is just as important to be gentle with your words as it is your hands.
When you have made a choice to homeschool your children in your Christian home, then you have made a choice to teach beyond the facts of history, the interpretations of literature, and the scientific formulas of math. In a homeschool setting, you can incorporate your personal values, principals, and beliefs. As a Christian teacher and mother, it is not only your right to do so, but your responsibility.
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