Which is better Public or homeschool?

[forrestkc]

Parents provide the best socialization. You do not have to be the same age as your child to teach social skills. As a matter of fact, adults are better behaved than children, and it shows when children get too much of their 'socialization' from same age peers. There's a time and place for same age peers, but it is humongously overrated and vastly overdone.

Ok first off, I have to completely disagree. Yes, there are mean kids, but for the most part, kids are much nicer to each other than adults are to each other. Our son is in first grade this year. Our son nor any of his friends exhibit any of the hatefulness, bigotry, callousness, racism, self-righteousness, or judgmentalness that we adults commonly exhibit. They don't learn those traits from each other, they learn from us.

Do your best in training your children up in the way they should go and teach them God's commands every chance you get, and when they are OLD (as in grown or at least teens), they will not depart from it.

You can do that regardless of whether they are in public school, private school, or home schooled.

To say it is wrong to shield our children when they are young because when they are older they will hear about it anyways is a hugely ungodly concept. I want my children to hear about homosexuality, evolution, etc. from ME and my husband and I want all they learn to be as much as possible based on God's word and NOT from the humanistic viewpoint taught in public schools.

By the way, I also went to public school and turned out just fine. I was also beaten to the point of broken bones, molested as a child, and spent the first year of my life in a garage, but I sure as heck am not going to subject my children to those things either wether or not I turned out fine!

Well to be quite honest with you, it sounds like you may well have some issues about what happened to you as a child. If that happened to you at school, then its certainly not the norm. In fact, the vast, vast majority of child abuse and molestation occurs in the home. So you should not paint school systems with such a broad brush.

[mrs]

I frankly cannot understand why a Christian would send their children to a catholic school. Public school is bad enough with it's religion of secularism, humanism, evolution, promiscuity, language and the like. But catholic school is not an alternative, for you are then sending them to be taught by false religious teachers.

Homeschooling or private Christian school are the only options, especially when children are young. We are told to train them, guard them, and protect them; not allow them to be influenced by the world and it's sin and lusts.

[Emily~Anne]

Parents provide the best socialization. You do not have to be the same age as your child to teach social skills. As a matter of fact, adults are better behaved than children, and it shows when children get too much of their 'socialization' from same age peers. There's a time and place for same age peers, but it is humongously overrated and vastly overdone.

Ok first off, I have to completely disagree. Yes, there are mean kids, but for the most part, kids are much nicer to each other than adults are to each other. Our son is in first grade this year. Our son nor any of his friends exhibit any of the hatefulness, bigotry, callousness, racism, self-righteousness, or judgmentalness that we adults commonly exhibit. They don't learn those traits from each other, they learn from us.

Do your best in training your children up in the way they should go and teach them God's commands every chance you get, and when they are OLD (as in grown or at least teens), they will not depart from it.

You can do that regardless of whether they are in public school, private school, or home schooled.

To say it is wrong to shield our children when they are young because when they are older they will hear about it anyways is a hugely ungodly concept. I want my children to hear about homosexuality, evolution, etc. from ME and my husband and I want all they learn to be as much as possible based on God's word and NOT from the humanistic viewpoint taught in public schools.

By the way, I also went to public school and turned out just fine. I was also beaten to the point of broken bones, molested as a child, and spent the first year of my life in a garage, but I sure as heck am not going to subject my children to those things either wether or not I turned out fine!

Well to be quite honest with you, it sounds like you may well have some issues about what happened to you as a child. If that happened to you at school, then its certainly not the norm. In fact, the vast, vast majority of child abuse and molestation occurs in the home. So you should not paint school systems with such a broad brush.

Forrest, I am going to challenge you to back up your concepts with God's word. As to your first point, have you ever heard of the verse, "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child..."?

As far as the last point I made, that is not what happened to me at school, it is what happened to me at home. Schools dont have garages do they? And what child spends the first year of their life in public school? You missed the point, re-read it. And why are you telling me I have issues with what happened to me as a child? Stick to the topic please.

[Emily~Anne]

I frankly cannot understand why a Christian would send their children to a catholic school. Public school is bad enough with it's religion of secularism, humanism, evolution, promiscuity, language and the like. But catholic school is not an alternative, for you are then sending them to be taught by false religious teachers.

Homeschooling or private Christian school are the only options, especially when children are young. We are told to train them, guard them, and protect them; not allow them to be influenced by the world and it's sin and lusts.

AMEN!!!!!

[damo1]

damo1

my 11yr old boy goes to a public school due to private schools costing to much and in a public school he is able to mix with diffrent groups of kids around his age

with in private schools i notice that kids are rude as i use to clean in one and have friends that clean in a big private school hear wear i live i also have a christian friend who just got his degree at uni as a teacher and some of the things he tells me blows me away

what i do not like is how our goverment has been giving so much money to the private schools to wear our public schools hear in Australia are going to decay the building are in need of work the class rooms are in need of air conditioning to keep the kids cool threw our hot summers

yet all the things we expect the elected prime minister to do for our public schools goes in one ear and out the other ear see their are private schools that have the works swiming pools tennis courts and even in some you are allowed to have your horses in them new busses better class rooms better lunch rooms and better trips away

but in a public school you almost have to raise funds if you want to send the kids on a field trip and some time the education department its self wil knock you back but a private school always gets the thumb up its as if we have two diffrent groups and what hurts the most as a parent and a tax payer our tax goes to those private schools instead of being put into our public schools that are in need

i am very supportive of our public schools more than our private schools no matter what any one says even some private christian schools can be very expensive as i was looking at a few to wear my son is living with his mother and i could not beleive the price to put a child threw a private christian school

i went threw a public school and public high school and it did not hurt me and i wil alway back a public school more than i would support a private school due to the snobs that are in them and i have seen this first hand so i am not just going off by saying what i am saying hear the kids are very rude and i have noticed some of the teachers in private schools can be very rude as well i pulled a few of them up to the way cleanners are looked down on just to make them think that they can not treat people like this and i said they are not special at so you get no special treatment by me if i am on sight and working with the other cleanners if a kid is rude i wil grab them and take them to the head principal no matter what they say they should no tthink they have the right to treat normal working people like this

this is al i wil say on this thanks

[forrestkc]

Forrest, I am going to challenge you to back up your concepts with God's word. As to your first point, have you ever heard of the verse, "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child..."?

As far as the last point I made, that is not what happened to me at school, it is what happened to me at home. Schools dont have garages do they? And what child spends the first year of their life in public school? You missed the point, re-read it. And why are you telling me I have issues with what happened to me as a child? Stick to the topic please.

I don't have to back up my concepts with God's word. In my opinion, there is nothing in God's word that says its wrong to send your kid to a public or private school. On that we just have a different opinion.

As to your comparison you made, people that send their kids to a public or private school would be very offended by your comparing of the experience of a school system to abuse and molestation. It is an absurd and offensive comparison.

If you or someone else wants to home school your kids, then fine, there is nothing wrong with that at all.

If someone else wants to send their kid to a good public school, catholic school, or private school, then fine, there is nothing wrong with that either.

In both scenarios you can raise great kids, that are grounded in faith, and grow up to be good people, good christians, and good servants of their communities. However, do not insinuate that your doing something better than another parent is simply because you choose to home school. If thats better for you, and your family, then great, but what is great for you, might not be great for others. You know, there are some great public schools in this country, and if you have the means, there are some private schools, both catholic, protestant, and secular, out there that from an academic perspective leave everything else in the dust.

[Scarletprayers]

Generalizations are definitely bad. For example, some people say that they are trying to keep God out of public schools. However, they fail to realize that the FCA at most public high schools has a prayer meeting out by the flag pole every morning.

Your kid will get a great eduction from a good Public School.

Your kid will get a great education from a good Private School.

If you do a good job home schooling your kids, they will get a good education that way.

Conversely, if your kids are stuck in some failing inner city public school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you put them in a poorly ran private school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you do not do a good job home schooling your kids, they are not going to get a good education.

That all said, if you ask me, the worst possible reason to pull a child out of an otherwise good performing school system is to shelter them from ideas. For one, you can't shelter them forever, and once they go on to college, they will get exposed to diverse viewpoints anyway. Secondly, you're doing so under the assumption that you're right about everything, and everyone else is wrong about everything, which you can bet a paycheck on anyone who takes such a point of view being wrong. Finally, kids are smarter than we give them credit for being, and if something is a load of crap, they are probably going to see it for what it is.

[Scarletprayers]

I frankly cannot understand why a Christian would send their children to a catholic school. Public school is bad enough with it's religion of secularism, humanism, evolution, promiscuity, language and the like. But catholic school is not an alternative, for you are then sending them to be taught by false religious teachers.

Homeschooling or private Christian school are the only options, especially when children are young. We are told to train them, guard them, and protect them; not allow them to be influenced by the world and it's sin and lusts.

AMEN!!!!!

[Emily~Anne]

Forrest, I am going to challenge you to back up your concepts with God's word. As to your first point, have you ever heard of the verse, "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child..."?

As far as the last point I made, that is not what happened to me at school, it is what happened to me at home. Schools dont have garages do they? And what child spends the first year of their life in public school? You missed the point, re-read it. And why are you telling me I have issues with what happened to me as a child? Stick to the topic please.

I don't have to back up my concepts with God's word. In my opinion, there is nothing in God's word that says its wrong to send your kid to a public or private school. On that we just have a different opinion.

As to your comparison you made, people that send their kids to a public or private school would be very offended by your comparing of the experience of a school system to abuse and molestation. It is an absurd and offensive comparison.

If you or someone else wants to home school your kids, then fine, there is nothing wrong with that at all.

If someone else wants to send their kid to a good public school, catholic school, or private school, then fine, there is nothing wrong with that either.

In both scenarios you can raise great kids, that are grounded in faith, and grow up to be good people, good christians, and good servants of their communities. However, do not insinuate that your doing something better than another parent is simply because you choose to home school. If thats better for you, and your family, then great, but what is great for you, might not be great for others. You know, there are some great public schools in this country, and if you have the means, there are some private schools, both catholic, protestant, and secular, out there that from an academic perspective leave everything else in the dust.

So what you are saying is, as you raise your children, you do not do your very best to go by God

[Emily~Anne]

All the arguments I have heard in favor of public schooling, are based on the world's way of thinking. All the home school arguments I have heard are much more biblically based. Just an observation...