Do you remember when you took your wedding vows and promised to accept children from God and raise them in the faith? You repeated that vow each time one of your children was baptized. But what does this vow require of us homeschoolers? Today, Ginny and Mary Ellen discuss keeping that promise and training our children to be responsible and respectful adults by living according to Church teaching.
Show Notes:
Why it's Important:
Raising virtuous children is part of our homeschooling vocation. Along with reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and religion, we parents must teach our children another R -- responsibility, and yet still another R -- respect for authority,
Responsibility – We do not raise children, we are raising adults
Two books to model on:
Yesterday – Higher Expectations
In rural areas, 75 years ago, Little boys:
Girls didn't get off easy either:
Today - Living Up to Low Expectations
Holy Mother Church teaches that
Give Your Children Real Work to Do
The Next R: Respect - The 4th Commandment
Train your children in the ways that God demands
It makes family life more pleasant and prepares them to take their places in the adult world.
Start right from their first words – Please and thank you, Do you mind? Would it be too much trouble?
Mealtime manners- No negative comments about the food, ask to be excused, clear your place
Proper greetings – Look up from the screen and ALWAYS recognize a person who has entered the room.
Do not interrupt for anything less than a medical emergency. If they must, they have to excuse themselves.
Do not allow your children to speak disrespectfully to an adult. Ever! Including, actually especially, you!
Books Mentioned in the episode.
Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children by Lenore Skenazy
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Homeschooling Resources
