Right on! Ma Deuce,I suggested MARINE! to the man.
Yes I agree! I like this one, too, although I like the 1925 edition. Does the 1950 edition also have a lesson on how to distinguish a republic from a democracy (in favor of a republic) as the 1925 edition does? We purchase military field manuals for our sons as soon as they can read pretty well — which is very early on, thanks to Samuel Blumenfeld’s Alphaphonics. We’ve used Blumenfeld to teach all seven of our children to read (all home schooled). Our kids read anything you put in front of them from age 5. Then their daily readers are the Bible, other Christian books, military field manuals, survival manuals, etc. Our daughters get different books along with the Bible — homemaking, sewing/dressmaking, cooking, etc.
Our 15-year-old son daily reads large portions of Scripture and prophesy conference journals published in London, England between 1894 and 1915. This reading is for doctrinal soundness in the Christian faith (Titus 2:6-8; etc.).
We have no television in our home; our children only rarely ever see any TV programming. Computers are used for special viewing of proper material.
No, we are NOT by any stretch the perfect parents. We’ve learned, however, that making our children lovers of books is far more conducive to maintaining discipline in the home than television and electronic games.
Our children love table games with each other and with us, and with friends. They love church and hearing strong, old-fashioned Bible preaching. They love music: hymn-singing, Christian camp meeting music (1750 to 1945), folk music, classics. And they study foreign languages.
We have the most minimal discipline problems that one can imagine, and usually stearn expressions from my wife or me settle those in a second.
My husband would *SO* agree with you! LOL!