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What Are You Modeling?

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Yesterday I wrote a little about raising a moral child. The more I think about it the more aware I become that although we all want to raise our children to be incredible human beings, there are so many things we do every day that undermine that. Some of the things I’ve seen and heard, and yes, I am guilty of some of these myself, that go directly against what we want our children to learn, and who we want them to be. “Well, your teacher is dumb to give you homework on a holiday weekend.” “Your father only thinks … Continue reading →

Teaching Your Children Your Morals

Not all homeschooling families are religious, but many are, and have chosen to incorporate their values into their homeschool curriculums. This is true of me and my family. We are Latter-day Saints, and we choose to make our religion an integral part of our lives. This overflows into everything from our interactions with each other to the way we approach certain subjects—creationism rather than evolution, for instance. The other night, I had an experience that made me sit back and look at my daughter in a new light. She has been taught from infancy what we believe, and I know … Continue reading →

Reasons I am Glad We Homeschool: School Bus Incidents

For the last couple of days an instance of school bus violence has dominated education news and blogs. Basically, a white student got on the school bus and no one would allow him to sit down next to them. (There where both white and black kids on the bus refusing him.) The driver yelled for the kids to sit down so he moved the book bag of a black kid and sat down. Other students began to instigate and the black boy who he sat next to attacked him. A few minutes later it appeared that the first attacker had … Continue reading →

Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Presidential Address

You might think I am glad we homeschool so my kids won’t have to see the upcoming Presidential address to students next week that will be fed to school all over the country. In actuality, I will record it so we can watch it later. What I am glad about is that fact that we don’t have have to participate in the debate or deal with the hysteria surrounding a simple stay in school speech. Here is an excerpt from what is planned. “At noon on Tuesday, September 8th the President will be welcoming America’s students back to school – … Continue reading →

Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Moral Decisions

Michele Cheplic, fitness blogger for families.com recently wrote about a controversial school fitness option… pole dancing, that is being entertained in European high schools. This school was not alone in choosing curriculum and educational options for students that border on lack of morals. Just this week in the news, there were stores about the musicals and plays such as “Rent” being hotly debated in Drama Club due to homosexual themes and adult content. Recently in Georia, a dance sqaud was retired for the year for very provocative moves. While some parents see nothing wrong with these decisions made by these … Continue reading →