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 Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:56 pm
Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy...
I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it?
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:19 pm
Congrats!! Sweet!! Man if I ever have kids I'll name a boy Elijah and the girl Deborah two biggrin Deborah was the only female ruler of Israel I believe and was one of the best. And Elijah means YHWH is my God, or is that Ezekial? Hmmm.... but yea I have no clue how to raise kids I'm still only 14 cool . But alot of Christians homeschool them, I'm not I just read alot of Creationist material.
Good Luck though.
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:09 pm
famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:41 pm
yea, I don't think homeschooling is completely effective.... I mean, it's true that a lot of bad behavior is learned at school (the other is probably from the media...) But you are trying to protect them from a world they will eventually have to face anyways. They need a little practice, figure out how to interact with different types of people, (not just the ones you put in front of them to play with). um... yea. -_-;; gtg. more later! yay...
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:56 pm
famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? well congratulations on the baby!!!! blaugh i just want to say i don't know much about raising kids... but i hope God will give you and your wife wisdom about it. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:05 pm
Cradoc Congrats!! Sweet!! Man if I ever have kids I'll name a boy Elijah and the girl Deborah two biggrin Deborah was the only female ruler of Israel I believe and was one of the best. And Elijah means YHWH is my God, or is that Ezekial? Hmmm.... but yea I have no clue how to raise kids I'm still only 14 cool . But alot of Christians homeschool them, I'm not I just read alot of Creationist material. Good Luck though. coolness.. nice names! I'M 14 TOO! ninja xd funny... anyways.... i am homeschooled and my family is Christian... but we aren't the normal imagined long haired girls wearing jumpers and like 9 kids... xd we're far from.... just meh an meh little brother and my mom as our teacher... i kindof sortof know how i want to raise my children but only bits and pieces... like "i'm not going to do that, i am going to do that" btu no more....
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:08 pm
Guitarhero356 famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there. yes but be very careful what you "let them know" because i have a neighbor/former friend who was "let know" too much too young and now acts like she's 28 when she's twice as young... she was left home alone at youngest age: 7 and watched horror movies rated r at youngest age: 8 she's messed up now and has major issues... that's on the extreme side but you see you definitly have to be careful... sad
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:15 pm
Tessar yea, I don't think homeschooling is completely effective.... I mean, it's true that a lot of bad behavior is learned at school (the other is probably from the media...) But you are trying to protect them from a world they will eventually have to face anyways. They need a little practice, figure out how to interact with different types of people, (not just the ones you put in front of them to play with). um... yea. -_-;; gtg. more later! yay... ((read above post)) i echo what i said before... yes but you have to be careful how much you let your kids know... and yes homeschooling is too effective.... sometimes it's not just about sheltering them... it could be about keeping them at home to develope a better relationship with parents... it could be simply that God wanted it that way. as it is in my family's case... He told my mom He wanted her to homeschool us. so she obeyed... 3nodding it's a good thing to do you know... xd LOL
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:52 pm
lilacluva05 Guitarhero356 famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there. yes but be very careful what you "let them know" because i have a neighbor/former friend who was "let know" too much too young and now acts like she's 28 when she's twice as young... she was left home alone at youngest age: 7 and watched horror movies rated r at youngest age: 8 she's messed up now and has major issues... that's on the extreme side but you see you definitly have to be careful... sad It's just maintaing a tricky balance between religion and freedom of choice. If you can pull that off you'll be a great parent.
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:11 pm
What I think is that you shouldn't put them in a christian private school if you do anything. When kids go to that kind of school, they are exposed to God every day in school, and they end up taking God for granted. My church is also a private school called "Bethany Acadamy". I know some people that go there, and they tell me that a lot of kids that go there don't care about God at all, or are hypocritics. The only reason some of them are there is because their parents made them. So my advice is don't let that happen. If they ask to go to one of those schools, then that means that they already have a passion for God and won't end up like the other kids.
Also, pray about it as often as you can. Pray that God will raise your child up to be a strong believer. biggrin
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:25 pm
Guitarhero356 lilacluva05 Guitarhero356 famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there. yes but be very careful what you "let them know" because i have a neighbor/former friend who was "let know" too much too young and now acts like she's 28 when she's twice as young... she was left home alone at youngest age: 7 and watched horror movies rated r at youngest age: 8 she's messed up now and has major issues... that's on the extreme side but you see you definitly have to be careful... sad It's just maintaing a tricky balance between religion and freedom of choice. If you can pull that off you'll be a great parent. Ya know....you might scare poor famusamu when he comes back....tsk tsk. xd
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:11 pm
Cradoc Guitarhero356 lilacluva05 Guitarhero356 famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there. yes but be very careful what you "let them know" because i have a neighbor/former friend who was "let know" too much too young and now acts like she's 28 when she's twice as young... she was left home alone at youngest age: 7 and watched horror movies rated r at youngest age: 8 she's messed up now and has major issues... that's on the extreme side but you see you definitly have to be careful... sad It's just maintaing a tricky balance between religion and freedom of choice. If you can pull that off you'll be a great parent. Ya know....you might scare poor famusamu when he comes back....tsk tsk. xd
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:33 pm
lilacluva05 Guitarhero356 famusamu Sorry I haven't been active, my wife and I are expecting a new baby and it keeps me very busy... I guess this thread is about raising Christian children in a secular world, just how do we do it? Well, you should still let your kids know what the real world is like as well. I see tons of parents making it so all their kids know is religion and since they know nothing of the real world when they have the choice to skip church everything just blows up from there. yes but be very careful what you "let them know" because i have a neighbor/former friend who was "let know" too much too young and now acts like she's 28 when she's twice as young... she was left home alone at youngest age: 7 and watched horror movies rated r at youngest age: 8 she's messed up now and has major issues... that's on the extreme side but you see you definitly have to be careful... sad It really depends on the kid. I was let know to little on the question "Why do we where clothes?", and so I found out at day care at the age of six. My parents have yet to not answer a question I have asked sense.
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:07 pm
I'll probably send my kids to a christian private school, assuming that I'll someday have children.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:18 pm
I probably just start teaching them all I can from day one and send them to public school, and teach evolution as foolishness to them cool . That'll keep the teachers from feeding them silliness and give me a chance to show my kid a example at first hand that schools use outdated information to teach kids to believe in what people at the top do. Or want us to, I mean why whould they threaten to take away funds if they didn't care about what theory as long as its up to date? Arg they don't all they want is followers.
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