Here at The Utmost Way Magazine, we have begun a conversation about the very idea that Home Schooling Parents are entertaining the idea that they NEED to have their children participate in sports at their local public school.
We don’t quite understand the NEED to send home school children into the “wolves den” for something they could gain in other ways. Aren’t their public-facilitated sports avenues, such as little league? Why don’t all these wonderful Homeschool Associations provide the opportunity for homeschool children in the area of teams and sports? We know that some do?.
Our suspect is that some parents, other than thinking wrongly that home school is just and extension of public school - witnessed by how they run the academic part of their home schools, think the only acceptable sports avenue is the public school ones. Maybe they believe that their sons and/or daughters NEED to be a part of a scholarship challenge that will take them back into the public area by the time they reach college. Frankly we do not get it. So, we are hoping you will politely help us by telling us, using the comment box below. Here is chance for you to politely speak up and be heard.
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December 15th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Some of us with athletic home schooled children cannot afford college tuition, and not all sports are
represented in club sports. So by participating on high school teams they can get noticed by college
recruiters.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I am confused by your statement “wolves den”? Do you really believe because a child goes to public school they are to be compared to an animal ? All children are Gods children and I personally know many who attend our local public school who love and serve the Lord. I feel for your children and the impression you could be giving them about the world outside thier home or comfort zone. Our Lord is everywhere even at the public school sporting events. I would encourage homeschool parents to educate themselves on the sports offered at your local school, a child can learn so much from playing sports such as self discipline and confidence in themselves
Editor’s reply: The reference of wolf’s den was on the public school system, not the children who are forced to attend the same. Anyone who thinks that the public school systems and their extra curricular activities have anything to do with God is a victim of the thinking of a godless society. There is no better standard for self discipline than the Bible. Jesus did not even one time teach about concern with one’s self. Rather the center of concern was on God and other people. Competition is at odds with humility. Self is to be crucified and serves a greater purpose in Christ. This is something that no non-Christian can understand. Home schooled children have a much richer life than any children who are indoctrinated day-by-day in the ways of a godless world. Those who love the world have not life and are at enmity with God.
January 7th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Unfortunately, my son is too young yet to be allowed into sports. But when he is of age I will let him sign up for the public sports that are available. One of the major reasons is to allow him to interact with unbelievers…that’s right, I believe that as Christians we should allow our children to be in the world but not of it. What use is our doctrine if it is not able to withstand the test of the secular world? Sports are in many ways simply a avenue to allow young people to gain an understanding of what they will face later in life. They will face worldly ideas, crude jokes, foul language, and foreign ideas.
But on top of that, not all sports are bad. My boss was recently describing the Code of Conduct that his son is expected to follow while enrolled on the local public high school football team. To my surprise, it was very Biblically sound. “You are what you do when no one is looking” was their motto.
There are many many things that can be derived from secular sports. As a martial artist, I found that the large majority of values taught by my instructors were about honour, respect, and authority. These are things that will only reinforce what I teach my son in the home.
Editor’s comment: Scripture says it best: “..know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”