Homeschooling Helps Protection of Innocence

by Gary

I am a homeschool dad who has five children who are all home schooled. The decision to home school was primarily based on removing my oldest from the fourth grade of a local private grade school when they began "sex education" classes. If you are not familiar with this, it is, in part, cultural acceptance of the gay and lesbian population. When I questioned the principal about the rationale behind this decision, I was told that it was because the school had several single parent households, and that, as the students knew this, they needed an explanation. The gay and lesbian teaching component was ignored.

Now a word of caution. With each passing day, I find that I am becoming less and less politically correct, which I view as a good thing.

It is now time for people to stand up and tell it like it is. Although I personally do not approve of an alternative life style, some people do. But I think that common sense tells everyone that the fourth grade is way too early for a child to worry about such a topic. With what is currently going on in the world and the culture of acceptance, I say that it is extremely important to protect the innocence of childhood as long as humanly possible.

When I told the principal that I did not accept the rationale for the classes, I was told that I could always leave. Well, guess what, I took him up, and started homeschooling.

The point of all of this is, that if you homeschool or plan to, you go a long way toward the protection of the innocence of your children. Do this for as long as possible


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From Anna Marie: So true. We parents are responsible for our little ones and, yes, teens, well-being and development. We have to gird ourselves to protect them no matter the cost.