I forgot to say that this is in response to a discussion I was having with some other moms.
TJEd has some great points about getting off the conveyor belt, mentoring, training leaders instead of followers and classics. BUT, I agree with you that parents should use a variety of educational approaches (lectures, videos, classics, mentoring, projects, research, etc). I also believe that God gave parents to kids as authority and guides. Oliver DeMille says that he doesn't teach his kids anything until they "want" to learn it. This is so unbiblical and something I have tried to tell those who buy his book.
I am somewhere in the middle. Steve & I have decided which studies we will "require" of our kids and which ones we will "inspire" them to further studies. I do think it is important that our kids have some time to study their interests while they are under my guidance. I have let the kids choose a topic to study & research. Then, they are to write about their findings. I help them with their writing, using IEW outlines & Lost Tools of Writing ideas. I also believe this develops leadership skills as they are not just doing what I tell them to do (you know, following vs. leading).
I could go on & on about this topic because I have wrestled with it over the past few years. If anyone has other ideas on developing leaders, I'd love to hear them. I truly want my children to be leaders for the Lord, not followers that do whatever they are asked to do.
Kerry
Leadership Education
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When we teach by Example and Precept, we plant seeds in their hearts and they want to. If what we teach by precept and example is allowed to be crowded out by Babylon entering our home, then Babylon becomes the book our children read.
Of course, if one excises a De Mille comment out of the entire picture, it is easy to think in terms of unbiblical. However, in the prpoer context, something else emerges. Read page 75 in his book.
Then ask yourself, what is the purpose of the core phase? A clear recipe for the core phase is found in Deuteronomy 6. SO, if proper core phase is instituted, based on Parents and their daily walk, then they will teach incidentally, by the way side as they go about their daily life.
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