A Call To Home: Setting Education Free

(From Joyce Burges’s book, Teach Me How To Teach My Child, available on Amazon.)

In view of the amazing success of the home education model, I believe that it is desirable that the principles of parent-directed education, which were rediscovered through the homeschooling movement, be taught to every parent. 

I believe that the home is the center for all learning and training. A passion for children is what is needed today in order to bring their tender hearts back home.

Education in the home is an old-fashioned way of teaching and will continue to be around for a long time. It brings change with it and some wonderful advantages. As parents are involved in their children’s education, they are empowered. The minds of parents must be changed to see that education is truly their responsibility to their children.

We need an educational renewal.

I encourage parents to act worthy of themselves. You are empowered with authority, vision, and discipline to guide your children well. 

My duty is to give all families a generous invitation to experience excellence. I want to infuse them with inspiration and courage. Learning should be exciting and alive. My aim is to awaken American parents to the renewed educational philosophy.

Education must be rewritten in the minds and hearts of parents and children. It must once again come to hold a reputation of excellence and progress in our nation. 

Parental involvement in education represents more than academics and test scores. It’s an opportunity to rebuild families…strong families for a stronger nation.

I love this country, and when I see our children being sacrificed to a system that will not come through for them, I am alarmed. What it offered to us during the early years, no longer fits the needs of our children.  Home education or parent-directed education reclaims family togetherness—moms, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents, etc. It gives us all a second chance to live again—to return to the home life and ultimately to the best life.

This is what I am all about, rescuing children from failing schools and placing them in a loving environment of one-to-one instruction where their abilities and talents can flourish according to their individual learning styles—an environment where parents can interact with their children and once again become advocates of their children’s education.

Consider the great eagle which represents America, where under God, all men are created equal. She watches over her young with a sharp eye until she’s ready to stir the nest. Then she frees her young as she gazes over their launch. The soaring eagle reminds me of freedom.

In America, there are many options for education. Yet, for years, there has been an educational option that has been without a voice. But we will be silent no longer. Homeschooling gives families freedom, and it is legal in all states. I believe that parents should explore the option of homeschooling. As the public system proves that it can no longer come through for us, most of us realize that we as parents are our children’s only hope. Our children are subjected to drugs, illicit sex, violence, etc. As parents, we discover that we are truly the defenders of the traditional values, and that we do want the absolute best for our children and ourselves.

I will say it again…home education is in the best interest of the child. The public schools reneged on their ability to perform, and home education has presented itself as a viable option. Home education and parental stability are in the best interest of the children. A loving and godly family is in the best interest of the children.