Description from hoemschooloasis.com
This booklet will reveal many of the myths you are believing about education without even realizing it ~ which is the first step to dispelling those myths and changing the way you think about education!
My points of impact:
Although this is “just” a booklet, it has alot of valuable information. My comments are parenthesized.
Myth- Only trained educators can teach.
Lack of self confidence is a byproduct of secular schooling which leads to a lack of confidence in God who created us and demands we teach our children.
Myth-More of everything is better.
Too much contributes to burnout. Create a family surrounding in a simple atmosphere.
Myth-The family cannot provide opportunities necessary for a child's education.
Every resource in a school is available to a family. Even more is available to a family (apprenticeship, mentor, following a child's interest versus a class of 30)
Myth-Some parent's just can't teach.
This contradicts God's action of giving the child to you! It is His command that you “train him up”.
Myth-Home education is not for everybody.
God commands us to. Do not cop out. (I also read once that 'Homeschooling is for anybody, but not for everybody.' You need courage of conviction and a desire to homeschool.)
Myth-Homeschool creates hardships on the parents.
Only if you try to copy the public school. The home needs to be structured by a Godly pattern.
Myth-Children need socialization.
Children do not develop good character from each other. Good character is developed in a child by learning God's way and by learning to obey Him. There is a high risk of negative socialization (self-esteem, conforming to peers/group think) in a school setting.
Myth-Homeschool kids will not fit into tomorrow's world.
Who's world? “The State” or God's?
To have a spouse is an asset and to have a child is a blessing.
Grandparents need to take an active role in giving knowledge and wisdom to their grandkids.
“I guess it is a very strange thing that the educational systems that taught most of today's parents would so question the results of their own products.”