Why

For the past couple years I've regularly read or watched in the news horror stories about our public school system.   While I'm sure there are many great teachers and safe schools out there (and I know a few wonderful teachers myself), the news doesn't lie:  scandals, cheating, bullying, failing grades, suicides, gunmen, hard-core drugs, revisionist history texts, and more are rampant in this country's schools, even the good ones.  Sad but true.

It's easy to read these articles, think about them for a while, then forget.  For a while I've wanted to have a place to keep track of all these stories, because they reassure me of the rightness of our decision to lovingly and safely educate our kids at home.  We made this decision after many months of consideration and prayer; it was not a decision made as a reaction to one specific thing or event.  So I thought maybe a blog might be the answer to keeping track of all these stories I read about our nation's schools.

This blog is not an open attack forum for those who don't understand or agree with home education.  For those that think I'm sheltering my children, I only have this to say:   What will you accuse me of next - feeding and clothing my kids?  Of course I shelter them, and will do so for as long as it makes sense to do so!  Being exposed to drugs or bullying in elementary school doesn't prepare my child for the "real world".  It only exposes them to situations that they're ill-equipped to handle on their own.  By choosing home education, my children can learn safely and mature into the people God intends them to be without a lot of "junk" getting in the way of that.  When they're mature enough to handle "the real world", I know they'll be ready.  Till then, I'll keep reminding myself of why I'm doing this for them......