Home schooling....pros and cons?

[Muzna]

Re: Home schooling…pros and cons?

@psyah

Peace

As far as the criticism goes about contributing to society … adults do that … It is not my understanding that children have any direct obligation to society; parents don’t have to put their children in to society to qualify as contributing to it … Islamically the duty of society is on the grown up.

yes…adults do that…and part of doing that is including your children in society…not isolating them from it.
you can argue that you don’t have to put your kids in that society to contribute to it but honestly it would be a very weak argument, wouldn’t it?
you lead by example. you show people the way by walking that same path…not alone…with your family.

another point that I wanted to bring up:
have you heard of the saying: “It take a village to raise a child” ?

‘It takes a village…’: In Lunyoro (Banyoro) there is a proverb that says ‘Omwana takulila nju emoi,’ whose literal translation is ‘A child does not grow up only in a single home.’ In Kihaya (Bahaya) there is a saying, ‘Omwana taba womoi,’ which translates as ‘A child belongs not to one parent or home.’ In Kijita (Wajita) there is a proverb which says ‘Omwana ni wa bhone,’ meaning regardless of a child’s biological parent(s) its upbringing belongs to the community. In Swahili, the proverb ‘Asiyefunzwa na mamae hufunzwa na ulimwengu’ approximates to the same."

I recall my elders saying that they were not only concerned about what their parents would think of their indiscretions but were also afraid of being caught by neighbours and other community members. Simply because those community members were held in the same high regard and had the “privilege” of being able to discipline as well as love.

I think I’m digressing though…

In your analysis of post #119 the message that you might be missing is that the child went to school and was able to maintain all the same values and principles that you are insisting are lost in the method.