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A Reader’s Review
By Kelly Benedict
“The opportunity to educate our own children at home
is a tremendous blessing and an exciting challenge. However,
despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of families
have blazed the trail before us, our journey can still be
fraught with difficulties and discouragement.”
Author Virginia Knowles is the wife of Thad, and veteran
home school educator of eight children ages’ teen
down to baby. She doesn’t pretend to be a super mom,
or to even have extra ordinary children. She doesn’t
claim to be an expert on education or psychology. Her qualification
is simply that she is a Real Life Home School Mom, just
like you and I. That, in itself, can be a very comforting
thought to those of us out there who tend to compare ourselves
to others and think that we must be doing something wrong.
In her 141-page book, she offers Scriptural encouragement
and practical advice for your emotional and spiritual life,
family relationships, support groups, educational philosophy,
and success in academics, home management, and much more.
In the chapter titled, “The Hallmarks of a Gentle
Spirit”, she talks of “a woman of dignity, in
her own home, does not give in to the selfish demands of
her children. She has the firmness to say, “NO!”
and to stick with her decision, no matter how bad the whining
gets. She makes sure that they do their school work and
chores, even when they would rather play. She does not allow
her children to treat her with disrespect. She knows that
a parent’s job is to train them to obey quickly, quietly,
cheerfully, and completely, so “faithful instruction
is on her tongue” (Proverbs 31:25).”
If you aren’t a perfect home school mom, then this
book is for you! Why not sit back this holiday season and
be fed and ministered to? What better way to prepare for
the New Year?!
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