This foundation will enable them to read literature or the newspaper, study the sciences, view history, talk to neighbors, budget their finances, and participate in their community with discernment. The scriptures will carve character into our children as we guide them in applying God's Word to everyday situations. Firmly planted in the garden of the LORD, our children will . . . A godly home provides the proper atmosphere in which to train one's children. Appropriate discipline applied to steer them in the right direction will provide lessons to be learned while young, consequently, avoiding some painful experiences as adults.
Undisciplined adults lacking in integrity are generally the result of poor training as a child.
Our availability as home schooling parents enables us to spot rebellion or character weaknesses as tiny sprouts and to nip them before they become full-grown trees. Opportunities for instruction or correction abound while sitting around the breakfast table, driving to the grocery store, reading a good book together, attending a field trip, visiting the neighbors, helping in a community service project, or studying math. And these words . . . Scripture is brimming with instructions for every area of our lives. A well-rounded curriculum is right at our finger tips.