Schools Shape Children

                                                                                                    Vol. XX, No. 3, March 2007

Christian parents are morally obligated to orient the affections of their children toward the true, the beautiful, and the good, which requires biblically consistent content embodied in the context of an affirming faith community. This godly orientation is what Christian schools and home education provide – enculturation via Christian content and context. Public schools provide enculturation via secular content and worldly context, and the resulting orientation and affections are completely different. The schools we choose will inevitably shape our children and ultimately shape our world.

[Bradley Heath, Millstones and Stumbling Blocks (Fenestra Books, Tucson, 2006) p. 44]