Re: You want scriptural backup...

Many mothers do a fabulous job of teaching their children up to the 8th grade, and then put them in high school in the public schools. I know personally of several students who did fantastically there, as in valedictorian, etc, but just as many who got lost and swallowed up in high school. I don't know what makes one succeed there and another fail.

Homeschooling in high school is difficult. I'm doing it for the fourth time right now. You can get dvds now where basically you pay for a tutor, and you buy the textbooks and testing materials to go with it. There are other options and creative ways of doing it, too. I have personally chosen to do it the old fashioned way. It has worked well for me in the past. The three children who have graduated from my program have done exceptionally well in college and beyond.

I do not say that homeschooling is for everyone. It takes a calling and conviction from the Lord, and He will supply everything that you need to do the task He has called you to do. It is not for the faint of heart, and it is certainly not for the lazy. One needs an incredible amount of determination and faith. But if the Lord has called a person to homeschool, she should not make light of the task God gave her and flippantly hand her children over to strangers.

Blessings,
-Donna