Jessica

“As our children’s guides and coaches, we don’t work to remove all temptations, but we do need to provide the support they need in order to withstand and persevere. We point out the path; we remind them of their armor and weapons; we pray for them and with them; we cheer them on as they endure and grow strong.”
― Mystie Winckler, The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids

“Likewise, if no parenting adult is available, the human child will orient to whomever is near. Social, economic, and cultural trends in the past five or six decades have displaced the parent from his intended position as the orienting influence on the child. The peer group has moved into this orienting void, with deplorable results.”
― Gordon Neufeld, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

“For the first time in history young people are turning for instruction, modeling, and guidance not to mothers, fathers, teachers, and other responsible adults but to people whom nature never intended to place in a parenting role—their own peers. They are not manageable, teachable, or maturing because they no longer take their cues from adults.”
― Gordon Neufeld, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

“Instead, children are being brought up by immature persons who cannot possibly guide them to maturity. They are being brought up by each other.”
― Gordon Neufeld, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers