Common Objections to Homeschool

Here are the last of my notes from The Children of Caesar DVD set by Voddie Baucham. Bruce Shortt has written a book very similar to this, The Harsh Truth of Public Schools, a resource available on Voddie's website. Needless to say, as a result of watching this DVD set, I am all-together gun-ho for homeschool! If anyone asks me why I don't send my kids to public school, I'll probably look at them like they've got a third eyeball and say something like, "The State has no Constitutional jurisdiction over education." Or, "Give me one good reason I should send my kids there! From school shootings, bullies, drugs and sexual assault to the amoral, immoral, pluralist, relativist, evolutionist and secular humanist curriculum taught there, besides the utter waste of time, I can't think of any! Why do you send your kids there?"

The History of the U. S. Public School System

It was established in 1870.

It is modeled after the Prussian format.

It is rooted in secular humanism. (!!!!)

Christians opposed public education for decades. (!!!!)

In 1900 two-thirds of children remained home schooled. (!!!!)

Today 90% of professing Christians send their children to public schools. Between 70-88% of these abandon any semblance of the Christian religion by the end of their freshman year in college.

The Most Common Objections:

What about Socialization?

Public schools provide unrealistic and overwhelmingly negative socialization. The only positive social skill learned in public school is standing in line. When was the last time you were in a room with 25 people your exact same age? Public school kids have worse behavioral tendencies overall than homeschool kids.

Is it Legal?

The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution implicitly states that the government has no constitutional jurisdiction over education. Our children are not wards of the State.

What about your Curriculum?

The real question is "Who approves your curriculum?" Again, parents do not share their children with the government, homeschool parents do not need the State's approval to teach any specific curriculum.

What about the Cost?

Homeschool annual cost: $546

Public school annual cost: $7,000

(These numbers are one - two years old.)

Free Online Resource:

Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream, 2nd edition

Other notes:

Education is synonymous with discipleship. Whoever is educating our children are also discipling them.

Because children are in public school for 40 or more hours per week, there is not enough time at home or church to correct what they are learning there.

Less than 10% of professing Christians have a Biblical worldview. A worldview directs one's daily decisions and actions. It is formed informally, uncritically, intergenerationally, intragenerationally, and over time (tens of thousands of seat hours in public schools from K-12).