Last week I had the privilege of welcoming a family of three to the PCA community. It was a huge decision for them to enroll their three
daughters in a Christian School, but they were seeing the major disconnect
between the Christian home and the anti-Christian public school system and felt
that, as responsible parents, they had no choice. One of the hurdles they had
battled was the accusation from their peers that they were at risk of
sheltering their children from the “real world.”
On November 25th, 2011 I posted a blog defending the
“greenhouse effect.” Here are just some
of the then noted aspects of the “real world” from which I make no apologies for
protecting my child:
·
An
environment where he/she could be bullied and physically threatened by peers, with no real recourse of remedy?
·
An
undisciplined atmosphere where authority figures (teachers) are commonly sworn
at?
·
Educational
viewpoints which consistently challenge traditional Christian values?
·
A
system which aggressively promotes a re-definition of family?
I asked the parents, who are biblically literate people, if
they could imagine God saying to the Israelites, under Moses, to “go and occupy
Canaan, keep my statutes in everything but … let the Canaanites educate your
children.”
Dave J. Koetje, President of Christian Schools International,
writes this: “In a world of scraped elbows, wrong turns, and bruised
self-concepts, our children need the security of a place where parent and
teacher values are aligned. . . . .Our
children need a place where they can reach out to an adult and know that the
Christ who is continuously shaping that adult is the same Christ who is at work
molding the child.”
That's how to deal with "the real world."
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