Christian Homeschooling

In the NHES (National Household Education Survey) of 2003 and 2007 more than two-thirds of parents gave their concerns about the school environment as a reason for homeschooling. Moral and religious instruction, as a reason, was given by 83% of the parents. Of these, 36% gave moral and religious instruction as their major reason for homeschooling.

For the majority of Christian parents education is not only about subject content. Education comes from the Latin educare which means “to bring up”. It is at the end of the day the parent’s responsibility to steer the child in the right direction and Christian homeschooling parents believe they cannot always fulfill this responsibility by letting education in hands of others.

Many Christian parents choose homeschooling because they believe that all learning material should fundamentally being view from a biblical point of view. God’s glorification is the most important in every action of their lives. In interviews with various Christian homeschooling parents it was clear that, though, fundamental biblical guidelines in subject matter is important to them, it is most of the time not the only reason they choose homeschooling.

A Christian mother’s, main reason for removing her child from a public school was because of teasing and bullying. Many other Christian parents are concerned about the lack of discipline they found in certain schools. They believe their children won’t get the necessary attention and won’t be able to excel as well as they are capable of because teachers have to spend too much time on the unruly children in the school. This doesn’t only apply to Christian parents but a large number of homeschooling parent regardless of their religious convictions.

There are parents that believe their children shouldn’t mix with peers from different religions or people with secular lifestyles. However, most Christian parents don’t have a problem with their children mixing with peers that have different beliefs from their own.  Many parents realize that it is necessary for children to interact with other children and most homeschooled children, Christian or not, belong to sport or culture clubs where they get the chance to socialize.

Christian homeschooling parents believe education should be from a Christian viewpoint and in public schools that is not happening.

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