Homeschooling has its benefits for Christian families but it’s not for everyone

Over the last few decades school life has changed along with wider culture. Whilst education used to be far more aligned with Christian teaching there is now more distance between the two. This has prompted some to home educate their children.

Home education can be a good option for believers who are called to be in the world, but not of the world. Children can be taught a curriculum that aligns with Christian values and be protected from the worldly influence of non-Christian peers.

As a parent who has always loved the concept of home education, with a 13-year-old daughter who has always attended school I can see two sides to the argument of whether or nor to home educate.

A personal story

When my daughter was two, I noticed that she had begun to read the numbers of train platforms when we were travelling. I was fascinated by how she’d picked up this knowledge without me consciously teaching her.

A conversation with a friend who had older children opened up the world of home education to me. I devoured books by authors like John Taylor Gatto and John Holt who proposed alternative models to schooling that really worked and could even be more successful than conventional schooling.

when it comes to home education, we can weigh up the pros and cons, but ultimately it comes down to prayer and seeking God’s will for our children’s live

These books debunked myths about ‘anti-social’ homeschooled kids, and the idea that ……