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Four years ago (approx) we started homeschooling. We'd never done it, and frankly were terrified.

But one day my (then) 7 year old daughter came home from school and gave me some "facts" she had learned at school that day. I don't remember what these particular facts where. I looked at her mother, who returned an equally puzzled look. I kindly corrected our daughter, who was adamant that I was WRONG and her teacher was RIGHT.

This is when we realized that anybody who has your kids 6 hours a day, when you only really have them for at best about half that (total) has a distinct advantage over you in forming the childs thought processes. Worse yet, they'll tell you that you aren't smart enough to homeschool. They'll tell you that your kids will be poorly socialized, and that a lot of people give up in frustration. We encountered an incredible wall of FUD (fear uncertainty, and doubt) spread by the public education system here in NC. This pricked our ears, because it's the same nanny mentality that tells us we aren't smart enough to manage our own money (hence social security), or own weapons in defense of the United States Constitution. The very fact that the public education system discourages homeschooling shows their bias and agenda.

Yes, there are some VERY intelligent and advanced kids in public schools. ...and if you have good schools, then this is a good thing.

But I can assure you of one thing today in America... Your children will never be taught a traditional Judeo/Christian value system in a public school, which gives any more than a smattering of credit to God. Just try and change this and you'll get an up close look at an ACLU lawyer. At worse, one day they'll come home with bad info like my daughter did, and challenge your authority, because you don't "weigh" enough anymore. When they're only 7 years old, there is time to fix this. But when they are teenagers, and hormones have kicked in, they're not really "kids" anymore.

Our nation is at war. ...and it's not a war fought with weapons that kill the body (yet). It's a war for the minds and hearts of our young people. ...and to a large degree, our enemy owns and operates the public school systems here in America.

If we want to maximize our effectiveness as builders of the generation we have produced, they MUST stay with us until they are ready to be released. NOT with somebody else!

We are of the fortunate ones, I guess. We obviously made the right choice in where we moved, because the school district was the number one priority for us.

We have yet to meet a teacher or administrator that does not believe in God or in education in the traditional definition of it.

No one has ever told me I wasn't "smart enough" to home school, and they best not. I chose not to do so after my daughter turned 4. I had been doing much prior to that but realized that my temperment was not conducive for the task. We chose what we felt to be best for our child.

We do much at home in addition to what she learns in school and the teachers love us for it. And encourage us to do more. I guess we are lucky, we have a public school district/system that actually EXPECTS parental participation. And they achieve it.