On another level...
I was thinking that too often Christians think that The Battle is "over there." Afghanistan. Washington... Somewhere else.
But the battle for souls is with us every day. The Battle is at our place of work. The Battle is at home.
We can't pull the cover over our heads. We have to stand where we are and fight where we are. Don't leave The Battle to someone else.
Homeschooling often takes heroic virtue. But that's what we're called to.
When Jesus, in his example prayer, told his followers to ask every day for protection from “the evil”, meaning the evil one (Satan), he was not being casual about the grave threat that Satan and those spirits who follow him pose to humanity.
What else is at work when many members of the news media spontaneously use the very same obscure word, pick up the same odd meme, or decide that a given topic is the one to hammer on a given day? How else but a common motivating spirit can explain how people of the same ideological bent suddenly and without apparent prior coordination appear to act in a coordinated manner? The same could be said for the actions of leftist politicians, as evidenced by the recent outbreak of brash lawmaking to restrict a certain style of firearm.
Yes, there is a motivating spirit and it is not Good, but quite the opposite. Some people are more receptive to this influence than are others, and those who reject evil must resist it in every way possible. And that resistance includes giving your own children the tools to deal with it so they too can know to resist the evil one tempts them.