ONE OF THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILY IS TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
Home education has been a means for families to protect their children from philosophies and practices that parents disagree with and/or which parents deem to be harmful to their children.
The voices of neo-Marxist extremists and activists have created aggressive anti-Christian influences in the governments, bureaucracies, universities, education departments and the media outlets of the Western World. They have sought to establish themselves as the self-appointed, new shapers of our society.
Thus, in our society and its institutions there has been a successful, concerted attack against Christianity, the family, traditional values and religion in general. These attacks have threatened basic freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, trade and commerce, employment, movement and health. They have censored and cancelled any voice of an opposing viewpoint.
In the face of this social engineering onslaught, home schooling has presented to you, with a safe haven for raising your children. You are freely able to educate and nurture your children according to your beliefs and values, in a way that you see fit.
Whilst there are many statements in our society supporting the rights of parents to educate their children, I want to cite for you one of the best that I have read. It was written by Pope John Paul II in 1981.
The right and duty of parents to give education is essential, since it is connected with the transmission of human life; it is original and primary with regard to the educational role of others on account of the uniqueness of the loving relationship between parents and children; and it is irreplaceable and inalienable, and therefore incapable of being entirely delegated to others or usurped by others. (Article 36) Familiaris Consortio: On the Christian family in the modern world.
This statement declares the universal truth that because of the transmission of human life between parents and their children and their unique, loving relationship with them, you as parents are responsible to educate them in the way that you see fit.
Who Owns the Children?
When considering this question, Psalm 24:1 gives us insight to this fundamental question. It states that “The earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein”.
Thus, governments and their various departments do not own your children. God owns your children and He has appointed you as parents to be stewards of your children on His behalf, uniquely responsible for their upbringing.
You share with your children, your genes, your ancestry and family, your history, your experiences, your values and beliefs, your home, your finances, your very lives and your love in a way that no one else can. Your family is unique!
As home schoolers you are uniquely placed to protect, nurture and educate your children according to your beliefs and values. During this critical point in Australia’s history, Australian Christian Home Schooling is committed to our mission to support you in your family’s quest to raise your children your way, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
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