FJWL_02:505
         (Dad:) Schooling is such a big subject! I oughtta know, 'cause I've raised a lot of kids, and I was a teacher for many, many years--and still am! I know what it costs to teach kids, and of course, the best environment for our kids to learn is at home and while witnessing, and while taking care of the affairs of the Kingdom. That's the best. That's the ideal environment, if it's possible.
         Home schooling is the ideal, because you can really redeem the time and make everything count. You can surround the children in a bubble of love and faith, with a minimum of negative influence. So under most circumstances, teaching our children at home and keeping them out of godless System schools is the best, it's the ideal, it's the preferred choice.
         But, Honey, you know and I know and a lot of people in the Family know that that's just not possible right now for a lot of people. Some people don't have the time or the strength or the manpower or personnel to teach all their children everything they need to know. And if that's the case, then parents just need to do the best they can, and really trust the Lord.
         If parents feel that they need to put their kids in System school so that they get the academic training they need, at least for a little while, well, that's their decision and that's their right under the Charter. But it's also their responsibility to pray for their children, to feed them spiritually, and to keep a good check on how they're progressing and how they're doing and whether it's bearing good or bad fruit.
         It's a serious decision to put your kids in System school, and our parents are going to need to desperately pray about it and hear from the Lord and make sure it's His will and His plan before they do it. (ML #3066)



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