We have been a Home School family since the beginning and have had that plan from day one. Our goal was to educate our children with Christ-centered curriculum along with practical and real-world perspectives on everything from science, math, history, and even religion!
As a father of two (soon to be three) home-schooled kids, I have the distinct privilege to tell you that it works! Our oldest is at Middle Tennessee State University studying music performance and has a near 4.0 GPA going into the 2nd semester of her sophomore year.
She is balanced, confident, and social to the point of actually being popular among her classmates.
Which is to dispel the rumor that home-schooled kids are social introverts.
Since my wife is the "teacher", I'm the principal. I play referee and sometimes coach, but most days I play cheerleader and financial administrator. But encouraging both student and teacher is vital to the full success of the program.
In my opinion (not humble at all) kids are way too socialized in the public system. They learn what the state/government wants or expects them to learn, which to me is nothing more than memorization and regurgitation skills run a muck. We don't subscribe to the world view on most things the system would have our kids learn - evolution (from a secular humanistic viewpoint - big bang, primordial soup, chance, apes...DARWINIAN evolution) for one, which fundamentally is ruining kids at the core of our being.
We subscribe to a biblical view of science and behavior. We make no apologies for it and feel there is more support for divine creation than any other "scientific" explanation.
If you are a Home School Dad, I'm glad you are doing it and hope that you get the same or better results as we have thus far. We have a few years to go on the middle daughter and the boy will start when it's time...usually sooner than later.
Thank you Andy for your encouragement and steadfastness. "We make no apologies..." Home School Dads should be knuckle-bumping each other everywhere for that one. You are an inspiration.
Andy brought up a hot topic among Home School families and those thinking about home-schooling, the stigma of social awkwardness. We'll tackle that one next week.
In the meantime, this blog is only as good as we Dads make it. We need to hear from you at dadsteach@gmail.com!
Here's a topic: Fitness. How are you and your wife managing your home P.E. program, any great stories or suggestions?
Thanks for reading, Dads. We'll see you soon!
