[2Jedismom]

"Inside the circle, the final question asked of the children was, ‘Do you have religious beliefs that ... homosexuality is a sin and therefore wrong?’ There was [sic] three girls who were left in the middle of the circle feeling very demeaned, very put down."

I'm probably preaching to the choir with you, but this just proves again to me why Christians ought to homeschool. Sending Christian children out before they have on their full armor is irresponsible. Had these girls had on their full armor, they would not have had these feelings of being demeaned and put down. On the contrary, they would be rejoicing!

The school isn't responsible for how these young ladies feel...their parents are. If their daughters come home traumatized from the experience, the parents should seek God's forgiveness for sending out their offspring unprepared and keep them home till they are prepared.

I believe that our children, if given time to learn the Word and have it fixed firmly in their hearts, can literally change the world. And I believe that can be at an early age. But it's up to the parent to determine when their child has reached this age. Obviously, these girls had not. /rant

[BibChr]

From my perspective, I look at that and think what an opportunity it would be — for me, now, in my 40's. My Matthew, reading with me, thinks similarly — and he's 15, having been HSed for ~9 years. But regardless of how we "feel" about it, it's not the school's business. They want to do this sort of thing starting in elementary schools. And then they complain that HSers win spelling bees because they devote more time to things like, oh I don't know -- English?

But you're right. As one put it, sending our kids to state schools these days is like sending a six-year-old to an enemy indoctrination camp for six hours, five days a week. Not wise.

Dan