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homeschooling is not an option for many parents who work outside the home. if they can work from home its great but workplaces need to allow for teaching time. Many dont, they dont even have creches or allow children at work. some attitudes towards breastfeeding are arcane as well.
there is also a small thing of...many parents do not even own their own home. How can they homeschool when they are working so hard to just pay for where they live.
there is also a small thing of...many parents do not even own their own home. How can they homeschool when they are working so hard to just pay for where they live.
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If God wants to, He'll get around your defenses in an instant! It sounds like I've walked a similar walk to you when it comes to wife and children. The kids are grown...now there's grandchildren I barely know. And I'm forgotten about around the holidays. Oh well.
You sound like you may be the same personality type that I am. Easy-going, get's along with most, hates arguing. As far as women go, roses are great, if you can avoid the thorns! Lol
Since my marriage broke up, I haven't been with anyone else. It's been 18 years and counting. I've come to accept that this life is passing and will soon be gone. God is the only thing that makes sense to me anymore. Have a nice day. Shalom.
You sound like you may be the same personality type that I am. Easy-going, get's along with most, hates arguing. As far as women go, roses are great, if you can avoid the thorns! Lol
Since my marriage broke up, I haven't been with anyone else. It's been 18 years and counting. I've come to accept that this life is passing and will soon be gone. God is the only thing that makes sense to me anymore. Have a nice day. Shalom.
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I think you ought to get to know you grandchildren and read books with them , dont let them pass you by as they will grow up before you know it. Grandchildren need their grandparents to love them unconditionally
dont neglect this chasing after rainbows. I saw so many grandparents at retirement villages who did not know their own grandchildren or even less their own children. they may have been socialising with each other and on the prowl or whatver having a wine, but, I think they miss out on a lot without the younger generation to teach and look after.
dont neglect this chasing after rainbows. I saw so many grandparents at retirement villages who did not know their own grandchildren or even less their own children. they may have been socialising with each other and on the prowl or whatver having a wine, but, I think they miss out on a lot without the younger generation to teach and look after.
Excuse my plainness of speech, but these are all just poor excuses.
With God all things are possible.
If people are willing to do things God's way, then God will provide the means necessary for them to do so.
Anyhow, I'm not going to get into a back and forth on this.
Again, my overall point was, and still is, that parents are instructed BY GOD to train up their own children. God doesn't tell us to do something that cannot be done. Is there going to be sacrifice involved? You can bet your bottom dollar that there is, and that is the real reason why so many people don't do things God's way. Basically, they're living for themselves, and not for him.
Well, have at me/what I said if you so desire to do so, but I'm not recanting in the least from what I've just said.
Been there.
Done that.
Know firsthand that God's grace is sufficient...if we're willing to do things his way.
With God all things are possible.
If people are willing to do things God's way, then God will provide the means necessary for them to do so.
Anyhow, I'm not going to get into a back and forth on this.
Again, my overall point was, and still is, that parents are instructed BY GOD to train up their own children. God doesn't tell us to do something that cannot be done. Is there going to be sacrifice involved? You can bet your bottom dollar that there is, and that is the real reason why so many people don't do things God's way. Basically, they're living for themselves, and not for him.
Well, have at me/what I said if you so desire to do so, but I'm not recanting in the least from what I've just said.
Been there.
Done that.
Know firsthand that God's grace is sufficient...if we're willing to do things his way.
There are definitely some similarities, but my children are younger (19, 16, and 14).
I'm definitely not into strife and contention, and the thing that I despise most in this world is pretense. I've met so many fake people that I don't even want to think about it.
Anyhow, my signature verse here used to be the following, and, in my estimation, it perfectly describes who I truly am:
"I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war." (Psalm 120:7)
And so it goes...
I'm definitely not into strife and contention, and the thing that I despise most in this world is pretense. I've met so many fake people that I don't even want to think about it.
Anyhow, my signature verse here used to be the following, and, in my estimation, it perfectly describes who I truly am:
"I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war." (Psalm 120:7)
And so it goes...
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thing is they are not provided for
because they might need to learn another language or maths skills the parents actually dont have
homeschool isnt always the answer, what works is going to a PUBLIC library and reading books...and that is free
I was talking with a teacher the other day about learning, and we were reading a book with the children , well I was, it was a book called
Reading makes you feel good, by Tom Parr
and it said you can read by yourself
and the children said, well if we can read by ourselves. what do we even need teachers for ?
and the teacher said 'herd management' lol
its true a lot of parents are lazy they had all the time to homeschool during lockdown and all theor children did was watch tv or play video gamesAt school we do not watch tv or play video games for hours on end. It is a learning environment. At home there are too many distractions.
because they might need to learn another language or maths skills the parents actually dont have
homeschool isnt always the answer, what works is going to a PUBLIC library and reading books...and that is free
I was talking with a teacher the other day about learning, and we were reading a book with the children , well I was, it was a book called
Reading makes you feel good, by Tom Parr
and it said you can read by yourself
and the children said, well if we can read by ourselves. what do we even need teachers for ?
and the teacher said 'herd management' lol
its true a lot of parents are lazy they had all the time to homeschool during lockdown and all theor children did was watch tv or play video gamesAt school we do not watch tv or play video games for hours on end. It is a learning environment. At home there are too many distractions.
are you homeschooling your children @Live4Him3 ?
if so, good on you
if not, why not practice what you preach
if so, good on you
if not, why not practice what you preach
When I was still married, we did homeschool our children. I was self-employed by design in order to be able to set my own schedule and make myself available to both my wife and our children as much as possible. I normally only worked 3 days a week, and even on the days that I worked, I taught my children certain subjects (Math, science, English, etc.) when I arrived home from work. On top of that, our children did attend a co-op every Friday in which they were taught such things as art, music, and drama with children their own age. We also regularly enrolled them in such things as gymnastics so they would have plenty of social interaction with other children.
After our divorce, which my ex initiated, things changed drastically, and our children did wind up in the public school system.
After our divorce, which my ex initiated, things changed drastically, and our children did wind up in the public school system.
thats very heavy stuff
I dont know if its mentioned here but the whole man hating women and vice versa seems to happen in only in unequally yoked marriages. And theres probably an element of Jezebel and Ahab spirits to it.
They marry each other but theres ulterior motives to their marriage. Ahabs get taken for a ride and it may be they are blinded. But then they chose to marry Jezebels who are very cunning and deceitful...they need to wise up
also Jezebels are not above saying 'God told me to marry you'
I dont know if its mentioned here but the whole man hating women and vice versa seems to happen in only in unequally yoked marriages. And theres probably an element of Jezebel and Ahab spirits to it.
They marry each other but theres ulterior motives to their marriage. Ahabs get taken for a ride and it may be they are blinded. But then they chose to marry Jezebels who are very cunning and deceitful...they need to wise up
also Jezebels are not above saying 'God told me to marry you'