Our only (so far) child is 14 months, but we made the decision a long time ago that we would homeschool our daughter. I was a private school girl and my husband was a public school boy so we have the benefit of both of those styles of education and knew that it wasn't what we wanted or right for our family. Thankfully, both of our families are SO supportive of homeschooling even though no one in either family has ever done it. And literally all the women on my husband's side of the family are teachers. It speaks volumes to me when veteran, Christian teachers tell me that if it is at all possible that we should homeschool.

Obviously, there will be some families who have no choice, but to send their children to public school and of course God will protect them and can use that situation for His glory, but that doesn't make it ideal. First, the bible is quite clear that children are fools and their time together should be closely supervised and limited. That's just not going to happen in a public school. More times than not, the values, attitudes, and actions of the other children will be too much for a young Christian child to withstand. They simply have not been trained enough to be able to handle those situations without their parent's guidance. Second, God does not call children to the mission field (which is what public school is). Yes, he does call families to the mission field, but not young children by themselves. Good times us that we ARE salt and light, not go be salt and light. We, as Christians, should radiate God's light throughout our community and we will simply by being active in that community (with our children in tow!). God is so clear that education is the responsibility of the parents and my husband and I feel that there is no way that we could educate our daughter in God's truth with her spending 8+ hours a day away from home where we have little or no control over what and how she's being taught. This is already too long, but I'm so passionate about this subject so I'll end with this: Homeschooling will be a financial sacrifice for our family, but we consider it the best investment in our daughter's eternal salvation and NOTHING is more important than that!