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“I did what I thought my duty. I did what I could but at a certain moment it is too much and you can’t manage any more. From that moment you have to leave it all to God’s care.
“Instead, children are being brought up by immature persons who cannot possibly guide them to maturity. They are being brought up by each other.”
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
“true education is perhaps more about a culture than it is about a curriculum; that it is more about a way of life than it is merely a way of doing; that it is a vision of what God has called us to rather than a mechanical set of prescriptives; that it is about faith,”
― Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
― Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
“To be tempted is to be confronted by your enemy—whether it’s the world, the flesh, or the devil—and if you try to fight in your own strength and power, you will be overcome. Jesus taught us the way to handle temptation: answer with Scripture, answer with prayer, and we will be delivered from evil by God’s hand, not our own.”
― The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids
― 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.”
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
“Children are not quite the same as we remember being. They are less likely to take their cues from adults, less afraid of getting into trouble. They also seem less innocent and naive—lacking, it seems, the wide-eyed wonder that leads a child to have excitement for the world, for exploring the wonders of nature or of human creativity.”
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
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