If you found out your public school was hostile to your faith would you home school your children?

Question

If you found out your children were getting a sub standard education would you home school your children? and What do you think about home schooling?

What if you lived in a small town that had no other schools to choose from?

Hostile as in children are discouraged or prohibited from praying privately before lunch. No crosses or crucifixes can be worn and although you can wear a t-shirt advertising your sister for sale you can not wear one that says. "I love Jesus."

I do home school my sons as well. They are active in Boy Scouts, our Church, and they have many friends. I am just asking because I was curious to see peoples opinion on this.

Answer 1

Well, where I live, the public school system is pretty abysmal. I would consider home schooling. I know some children that were home schooled and they turned out just fine. I think that home schooling though should be supplemented by a healthy amount of after school activities.

Answer 2

I've never encountered a public school that was hostile to my faith when I was Christian, but then I was raised in the Bible belt. My schools taught evolution... but that wasn't being hostile, it was simply in disagreement with my church (though not with my own personal view). There's a difference between disagreement and hostility.

My opinion of homeschooling... well, my brother homeschools his kids, though he does it for political reasons. He and his wife think that the schools will turn their kids into liberals or democrats *gasp* I love him, but sometimes he really worries me... Kids will ultimately listen to their parents and will be much more likely to adopt the view of their parents regardless of what they are exposed to in school so long as the parents are involved in the lives of their kids.

Now, the real reason I have a problem with my niece and nephews being homeschooled is that they are not exposed to kids outside the family at all. They belong to no clubs or organizations that would give them the opportunity to form social skills. Another problem I have is that their mother is over 500 lbs and is in her late 40s. She does not have much time left. They are just becoming teens. If she dies within the next five years, and there's a good chance she will... that means that they will HAVE to go to public school... for the first time... and their first experience with that will be high school. They have never known what it is to deal with a mean kid, a kid that teases them mercilessly, a kid that is a backstabber...

Now imagine that they are dealing with their mother's death, AND puberty, AND being thrown into the snake pit that is high school without any experience to help them deal. It makes me very angry every time I think of it. But, of course! It's far more important to be sure they don't become Democrats and Liberals. Whatever.

And all this could be solved... with a little baseball, an after school club, Boy/Girl Scouts. Something.... then I would be OK with it. But, hey... they're not my kids. I can't tell my bro what to do with them.

Answer 3

Yes, In fact I do homeschool my kids

Our public school system is messed up. Schools hand out condoms, promote homosexuality as a choice, and put faith down

It will only get worse

Home schooling has been a challenge and I even have to pay to get some outside tutor help however the last three years have been worth it. My daughter is respectful and she is not rebellious-
She doesn't have to be pressured into things she doesn't want to do and I honestly feel she is learning better-

I get back lash from some people because they think my daughter won't be social. But I feel the social life kids have in school is harmful because so many kids are dropping out, doing drugs, getting in the wrong crowd, killing sprees, suicide

Shall I go on

Answer 4

I think home schooling puts children at a disadvantage socially if they don't participate in a community activity with their peers, such as orchestra or sports. However, when parents are educated enough to teach their children, and they provide social activities, home schooling is a good option.

I am going to be a teacher, so I will make sure I have a secular and fair classroom so all of my students will feel safe and welcome.

I went to a public school where my environment was not welcoming to a non-Christian, but I got through it. It sucked, but I wasn't physically assaulted, so it wasn't that bad. I will take those experiences and make sure that no one else has to hate going to school as much as I did!

Answer 5

Home schooling can be a good idea. However, if the sub standard education is because of that one school i would say move schools. I feel although home schooling is useful it can shelter the kids from the real world, both good and bad factors.

Answer 6

Yes, Yes, and Home Schooling is no different than public or private schooling. It's what the child accomplishes and learns that matters. Every study completed on Home-schooling vs. public/private schooling says something different, so I tend not to care what the studies claim.

Answer 7

I home schooled my daughter for 10 years. Not for religious reasons so much as because she has a learning style that needs more attention/direction than public school could offer. Home schooling is not for everyone BUT it is most definately the right answer for some.

Answer 8

Define "hostile". Would "hostility" include separation of church and state? Such as the ruling that prayer in school violates the rights of those who don't share that religious point of view? How can a public school be hostile to a religion? Indifferent yes, refusing to bend for, yes, but hostile? I can't see that.

Answer 9

Absolutely. I do not care for public schools, although I would send a child to a private high school. Many neo-pagans homeschool their children. We have a scouting program called spiral scouts.

Answer 10

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