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Homeschooling does not a Christian make. I fear too many have put their stock solely in homeschooling and have forgotten key elements of raising a faithful generation of children who truly love the Lord. The GEN2 conference is an important one. Men and women who care deeply about the next generation are gathering to talk about how we carry the torch, how we finish strong, how we keep the vision and love our kids through so many things that would distract them from Jesus Christ.
I will be there with a panel of other women answering questions from the heart of being a homeschooling mother. I hope you can too!
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Hypocrisy! Pretty much that’s it!!
Kelly, this sounds like a wonderful conference. I have 5 small children and we would be traveling quite a ways to come. I was wondering how family friendly it would be. I want to be able to go with my husband to see some of the speakers. I understand the creation museum would be available for the family but are some of the talks for the whole family or are they just for the adults? Should I think about having another older person come with us to help out? I did check out the conference sight but it was a little unclear about these things. Or would it be better if just Dad and Mom went? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Josie,
I’m so glad you can come! Although I can’t be certain about the answers to your question, I know generally these conferences are tailored to be very family-friendly. The talks will most likely be geared toward parents, but children are welcome to sit in, and usually there are places to go if you need to leave and let a little one play. Hope that helps some.
Does it seem strange to you that at a homeschooling conference, of all places, there are places where parents can leave their kids with strangers (ie, a childcare center)? Most homeschoolers don’t like to leave their kids with strangers, and that’s part of their reasoning for keeping their kids at home.
I assume that’s what you mean when you say, “there are places to go if you need to leave and let a little one play.” That sounds like childcare to me.
Tracy,
No, I didn’t mean there was child care. I meant if you want to take your children out sometimes there are rooms for you to go to.
Hi Kelly.
As always, thanks so much for your encouraging thoughts from a very lonely, Aussie homeschooling mum of 6.
Will this conference be recorded do you know? We don’t have any great talks like this here.
Bless you. I appreciate you more than I could ever say.
Donna,
You are so kind! I don’t actually know if it will be recorded. You could check the site and possibly contact someone about that. I pray you find encouragement near you!
Why do kids leave the church? This is a complex question that also has a complex answer. We can list a variety of factors, but what about God’s souveranity and particular calling to every individual?
We Christian parents will always make mistakes. Local churches will always make mistakes too, but our children cannot present those as an excuse not to follow the Lord.
Anyhow, I do believe that the best we can do as parents is to live out the Christian life in front of our children, as well as pray for them. And yes, other factors can play a roll too.
Sometime I go I wrote this review for a book of Ken Ham called “Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it”. This is my review:
Ken Ham points mainly to ONE reason why young people are quitting church: churches are neglecting the literal teaching of Genesis. That brings consequences.
I completely agree with him in that: most churches are neglecting the teaching of the Old Testament in general and Genesis in particular, and are not offering much of a science background either.
But I believe there is more than that as for why kids are leaving the church: maybe the age segregated programs hindered them to feel part of the whole congregation, maybe Christian parents failed in living the Christian life in front of their children, or they did not disciple them. Maybe they did not pray for them on a regular basis. Or the kids got into the wrong crowds. Or dated unbelievers. Or in their schools they listened to things that harmed their young faith, and last but not least, God’s particular calling to any individual.
Already Gone is really worth the reading. I just suggest you do it with open eyes and bearing in mind that the picture is not complete.
The church in the Western World is in poor shape: not only we are loosing our young people, but we are also producing little -if any- impact in the world. As Ken Ham points, a band-aid will not help, we need a surgery.