Don’t Create an Artificial World
Think about it. There’s a lot of learning that happens by your family just living together. Don’t try to imitate the artificial world of school age-segregation.
Society has been conditioned by the public school experience of different ages being segregated. Normal family life of living, working and learning together has been made to look like a huge task.
The age mix in your family is exactly right for your family. Older children learn to interact with the younger ones. Younger ones learn to hold conversations with adults.
If you have one child, he is much better off with parents, relatives and friends of your choosing instead of a herd of thirty age-mates at school. That’s an artificial environment.
Talk about teamwork–Your children will learn how to be on the same team working toward the same goals. Your family is your team.
Erica M on 16 Oct 2008 at 2:36 pm #
So very true. My parents received a lot of criticism for not only homeschooling us, but also for “neglecting” to throw us into every youth group, kid/teen activity available.
Things changed when we became teenagers. The same folks who had named my parents horrible for “depriving” us, were amazed that we could participate in adult conversations, work alongside adults, play with young children, and still enjoy the company of our parents.
The family is meant to be a child’s peer group. When we try to rearrange what God has ordained, we make a big mess that effects not only our kids, but our family, and the world.