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Public School and the Christian Parent
Why this site holds that Christian parents should not send their children to public school, what Scripture and the catechism say about parents’ duty, and where Reformed Christians differ.
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- Why Christian parents should not send their children to public school · Article
The site’s position and its reasons, with what it does not claim. - Choosing an alternative to public school · Article
The options compared and questions to ask any school. - Parents cannot farm out their children · Article
Why no school can do parents’ work. - Larger Catechism, question 129 · Catechism
What superiors, and first parents, owe those under them. - Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God · Resource
A book on discipling children in the home.
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Why Christian parents should not send their children to public school
The position of this site, with the reasons: God gives children to their parents to disciple, no school is neutral, and a school that must be secular teaches a worldview. It also says plainly where Reformed Christians disagree.
Choosing an alternative to public school
Four main options for Christian parents: a Christian school, a classical Christian school, home education and a hybrid. What each asks of you, and what to check before you choose.
Parents cannot farm out their children
Children are discipled by time with their parents, and that time cannot be handed to a school, a screen or a program. What the research does and does not show about family stability and parents’ marriage.