Home Schooling - An Option For Christian Parenting

Christian Parenting - Faith and Academics

Under the Clinton Directive in 1995, schools can teach about religion in social studies classes and the like but they can not teach religion per se. Hence, advocates of Christian parenting and other faiths as well often contemplate to resort to home schooling so that they can provide their children with a well rounded education with academics, extra curricular activities as well as faith based knowledge.

The Son Light education curriculum is very popular among home schoolers and one reason for this is it integrates Christianity with academics. Faith education is some times the number one reason cited by parents to home school their children. Other reasons include but are not limited to dissatisfaction with the public school system, private schools being too expensive, violence and negative peer pressure in schools and a more personalized approach to your child’s education.

If you are in favor of Christian parenting and do not think that Sunday school for a few hours a week makes a big difference, try out home schooling in the summer and see if it sits you and your kids. One parent will need to be home full time if you plan on home schooling and while a college degree is not a must, different states have different regulations as far as home schooling is concerned.

Christian Parenting - Beyond Lessons

You can ask your church if they recommend a particular curriculum for Christian parenting home schooling or you can look online for support groups. Do not be surprised if some like minded Christian parenting school of thought families live in your area. You can then work together to instill the moral values you want in your children while still letting them have the social time they need. Home schooling is no longer just about sitting around the kitchen table doing lessons. Whether you take the Christian parenting approach or not, thanks to the internet, the learning process is more hands-on now with audio visual supplements to books, lots of field trips, music, art, sports and the like.

Christian parents and other home schooling parents often utilize the resources at the local park districts for gym, science labs and other such activities that they may not be able to provide in a home setting.