[quote="hareem01, post:284, topic:191246"]
I teach my kids that different people have different believes and ways of life and we should respect all the people from other religions and cultures but *Islam is the best way of life and hence we should be **thankful to our God for being muslim./*quote]
That pretty much goes without saying, yeah? Yet, there is no need for my boys to be separated from their peers who may or may not be of a different religion/culture/background/gender since even at their very young ages, they can see, they can understand, they can accept...that different people do things differently. And further, that although different people do things differently they still understand that it may (or may not!) be ok for them.
Since we live in a multi-cultural area and since it is such a multi-cultural world today, its our opinion/beleif that they must be raised within the framework in which they will be living for the rest of their lives. To introduce them to the inter-cultural. international planet at a later stage in development without prior exposure can be really dangerous IMHO. It can be a good thing to keep them separate but when you take this path, it can be a treacherous one. It can also be a very successful one...but its nonetheless a very difficult one kwim?
Hareem, I'd be really interested to know (not that you have to reply but would be interesting)....to hear what your kids think about all this home-schooling and separation. Are they happy with it? Do they want to go to "regular" school or they are happy with home schooling? What will you do for their college years?
I doubt that you've seen this movie but you might be interested...its called "RV" starring Robin Williams...he has a family that he takes on a road trip in an RV and meets up with another family who home school their kids. Its a huge positive for those who choose home-schooling...and the family in the move really does it right even tho you dont see that at first in the movie, you have to watch the whole thing. But I think you'd enjoy it. Dont watch it with your kids the first time if you do decide to watch. It has no profanity but gets a little off-color at times with stupid but funny robin-williams scenarios and jokes. But still, a good movie esp for advocates of home schooling.