Protected by Homeschooling?
BevK June 6th, 2007
We homeschool our children. We thought them somewhat protected from outside influences, but our son still learned of it, played the game and lost his life and we lost a son and brother.
From a letter to the editor at the Mining Gazette.
Don’t let the fact that you homeschool allow you to let down your guard. Homeschooling does protect our children from some bad outside influences, but even as homeschooler we cannot monitor our children 24/7. Attempting to do so probably isn’t healthy for us or them, even so. Homeschoolers need to be just as aware of trends among youth in their community. With the Internet, that community is even larger. The notion that I don’t need to worry about sex, drugs, and such because we homeschool and that stuff doesn’t come near my children is a akin to putting your head in the sand. Anything can happen, because sin abounds. “My children would never…” is a prideful remark and pride goeth before a fall. You can’t keep your children 100% safe from bad influences.
My prayers go out to any family who experiences a tragedy such as this family experienced with their son Matthew. You can read more about Matthew at Matthew’s story.
