We can choose to live in ignorance and keep our heads in the sand like ostriches or we can take action.
Many people believe that by ignoring the news in print, TV and radio that we do not expose ourselves to it that it does not affect us. "It happens to other people only"-syndrome is what a friend named it the other day. Personally I like to be armed. Forewarned is forearmed as the saying goes.
I have kids and imagine if my wife and I worked in jobs and trusted the process and sent our kids to school like most other people do. We would have no idea what is going on in the schools and could not have made the decision to home school our kids. Now most people wonder how we survive on “one” income but that is because most people do not look further than their noses.
In the days before gender-equality, the wife stayed home and took care of the children whilst the husband was the breadwinner. Looking back to those days through glasses tainted by unemployment and poor economy and moral decay - I think it was a good thing. Granted, women are 100% equal to men.
The problem occurs when in a country where Employment Equity means that the husband is unemployed and the wife employed. Wives fall pregnant and often don't have a job when they return after maternity leave. Women are also more easily offended or victimised in the workplace (think sexual harassment, professional jealousy) and therefore their careers are less secure. The family relies on her income as breadwinner.
Many women would like to stay home, but because her husband is unemployed or not earning enough, she has to work to supplement the household income.
Home schooling and self-employment are good options for families in this position. Cutting the huge costs, both financially and emotionally, of traditional schooling already eliminate a huge stress and cost factor. Add to this the benefits of teaching your children some good quality traditional family values and the flexibility of not being bound to a school calendar or your boss' mood when you enter your leave form... You also have more control over the influences your children are exposed to and a better relationship can be formed, which one day will contribute to a more healthy society.
All of these factors make it easier for families to get back to basics, good wholesome family living and quality time with each other. We take ownership and responsibility for developing our kids into healthy, secure and responsible young adults.
With such diversified influences out in the world today, we need to choose the best option for our family.
