I asked Lisa if I could post this. I, too, share her opinions on the benefits of homeschooling. (Molly)

  All parents think that their kids are different, exceptional, special, all children are- truly.

  A long time ago, I made a decision not to put my kids in public institutions, like public schools.

  I wanted them to know themselves first, before they knew the world, not the other way around.

  We can only know happiness, if we know ourselves first and I felt that if my kids were always gauging who they are based on society’s standards, their peer’s standards, the media’s standards, the system’s standards, then how would they have the chance to be purely who they are? They could not.

  So I keep them home, not hiding them from the world, but showing them the world for what it truly is, on as many levels as I possibly can.

  They know culture, compassion; they know that there are many ways in which people live, for they have lived in many ways.

  They are young thinking individuals, mature beyond their years, yet not fearful to play because it might be “un-cool.”

  They have perspective.

  They see past the need for fashion, and fake facades, to what is real, the heart, life, joy and reality.

  My kids are truly different. They enjoy life, for its worth. Laughter fills most everyday, in our home.

  To harden a child, is to harden the world.