Why do you do, what you do?

From Kevin Swanson's Blog

June 11, 2008
Are there two movements within home education in America?

I think that there are those who are more interested in getting their children into Harvard, and then there are those who want to get their children into heaven.

As my good friend, Mike Smith from HSLDA has put it in some of his talks, our ultimate goal is to get our children into heaven, not Harvard.

I fear sometimes there may be those who are more interested in Harvard than heaven. Fundamentally, the kingdom of God should drive our priorities, our goals, and our agenda in education. That is, seek first the kingdom of God and his interests, and academics will be added unto you.

If you focus on faith and character in your children's paideia, God will add to you the blessings of academic success and maybe even food and clothing.

But those who focus on the academics, the right brain - left brain workshops in the conferences, and the trivium, more than they focus on the fear of God and the preeminence of faith and character in the education of their children seem to have it out of balance.

When you talk about the education of children with others, where does the conversation go? Are we more concerned that our children "get a good job," than we are in our children "walking with God?"