Parents are the ultimate educators of children, as it is meant to be. It helps to have supportive institutions, but not necessary. I would go to homeschooling or get together with a few parents and hire a tutor rather than waste my children’s time with garbage. Time is too important and their worldview and the ideas transmitted to them determine who they are to a large extent and what they value in life.
All you need is 4 hours a day and with resources on the internet and homeschool networks you would be amazed at the fantastic resources that are out there for those who search for it.
I can never understand how parents allow dysfunctional ideas to be promoted to their young children and think they are not powerful and affect their identity. Images, particularly, are very powerful and have lasting effect on the brain. Goebbels and Lenin and Stalin and Mao have always understood the power of images. TV presented a very powerful tool for propaganda—much better than radio. Hitler used movies.
The promotion of the homosexual fantasy of the perfect woman—Twiggy— led to eating disorders in girls to an extent never realized in a society prior to this little-boy-look that most homosexuals fantasize about. Images are easier for the young children to process and understand and they have great power to shape thought and determine beauty and “normal”.
Thank you for your response. I agree.
We’ve kicked around home schooling the past couple of years. From an academic standpoint we can handle it (with support of course as you mentioned) and would likely enjoy it very much. Economically, I’m not so sure.
Thanks again!