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| Why You Should Be Considering Homeschooling: To Save Your Grandchildren from Being Aborted |
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Part Three of a Series by Kathy Lowers
Founder of Considering HomeschoolingÂ
If I could take every conservative Christian parent to their neighborhood abortion clinic parking lot for a "field trip," I think I could convince most of them to homeschool. I would only need about an hour. Let me take you there on a Saturday morning…
Dachau Concentration Camp Styled Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in Houston, Texas
First, upon arriving at the abortion clinic, you will witness a parade of cars entering the parking lot. No, they are not Christians who got out of bed to come to pray and save babies there (those are a rare sight these days). Instead, fresh faced teens peer out at you from those cars. Having stood outside abortion clinics in several states for 22 years, praying and sidewalk counseling, I can tell you it seems harder than ever for American high school teens to find a parking space at most abortion mills. Many weekends in the suburbs and in the cities, it is double parking and then some.
Now try handing out literature on alternatives to abortion and information on abstinence to these teens. Some of the young people will totally ignore you, others will curse you out, a few may threaten to beat you up or worse.
Within that hour of standing in front of an abortion clinic, a teen or two is bound to talk with you. Percentage-wise, they will be from a family that professes faith in Christ, and some will even tell you the name of the "saved" church they go to. You will find that Christian teens going for abortions are often the more elusive ones -- likely to tell you they know it is wrong, but they know Jesus will forgive them after they kill their baby. (Isn't Christianity great?!)
You will be outraged to see many cases of obvious statutory rape -- older men who drive up in nice cars, dropping off underage girls.
You might begin to realize that there are a lot of parents out there who are totally unaware their grandchildren are being torn, crushed, sucked out of the wombs of their daughters or their sons' girlfriends.
How did these teens become customers of Planned Parenthood, et al? Whose children are these who are streaming so cavalierly into abortion mills throughout our country every week, as if they are streaming into a McDonald’s?
If you let the government schools have your offspring, then most likely they are yours. If your children are yet young, you have more hope -- please don't let them turn out to be future abortion clinic clients. Realize the public schools and abortion clinics are symbiotic ventures -- the first one gives the sales pitch, the latter is there to cinch the deal.
Government schools strip God and His values from every subject, seeding the child's heart with cynicism and nihilism -- which makes a child vulnerable to premarital sex and the temptation to abort any resulting children.
Peers and teachers of unknown morals surround your children all day in a school setting. Since you only see your child at night and since they have so much homework, you only really get a few minutes with your kids before they are off to sleep. In other words, your daily influence is negligible.
Once your child understands how spending time with friends is more important in the school model of teen life than spending time with family, you will rarely see them on weekends either. Where are they really going? What are they really doing? Are they being chaste or being chased? Like those parents of the teens you saw at the abortion clinic, you are out of the loop, clueless.
But if you are a loving Christian parent who can provide a safe, wholesome home where a child can thrive, you should homeschool and teach them the clear message that God made people in His image and that they should have the utmost respect for the unborn. You could even bring your child out to the abortion clinic -- to pray and save babies. And you will not be one to worry whether one of your grandchildren is being done in by some abortionist on a Saturday morning. I hope you will see homeschooling as a great way to help protect the next generation from Planned Parenthood.
One group that trains teens in a pro-life summer camp is called Survivors. I participated in pro-life events with Survivors in the past, and these teens are impressive. Most seem to be from homeschooled families, which is what you would expect.
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| SOTW: BrightStorm Math |
Rating: 5.00 (1 votes)
Brightstorm Math uses online video to comprehensively cover the topics found in major textbooks, state frameworks and NCTM standards: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 and Precalculus (Calculus coming soon!). The site contains over 1,800 engaging online videos with clear and concise concept explanations and sample problems. |
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| Site of the Week: Akamai Backyard |
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You are in for a treat! Akamai Backyard is a website that is an audio-visual feast highlighting the amazing accomplishments of Felicia Cowden, a homeschool mom in Kauai, Hawaii, and her 7 middle school students. While looking at world challenges and studying Hawaiian culture, she and the students decided to turn discouraging lessons into a joyful empowering process of creating solutions in their own backyard. |
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| ZIP! |
Rating: 5.00 (1 votes)
 ANOTHER fabulous game from GaZima Games, Zip is unlike any game you’ve played before! Zip is “The Fastest Dice Game in the Universe!”  Gazima Games as done it again! They have created another unique game that keeps you on your toes! This game, like Ratuki, can be played in a matter of minutes, but keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time! You will be rolling dice to quickly achieve a specific combination, and if you don’t, you cannot advance on the board! Your card might instruct you to roll a combination of all even numbers, or a “straight,” or even all 4’s! When a card has a star on it, all players compete, and the rolling frenzy begins! My 11 year old son LOVES this game, and beats me regularly! Another thing I like about the Gazima Games is that they are very colorful, and eye-catching. Here is a picture of the contents of the game box:  The box is a small cube, which makes it easy to take along on trips, and very easy to store when you aren’t playing it! Would you love to win your own copy of ZIP! ? Here’s how to enter to win! Visit the Barnes and Noble site by clicking HERE and tell me why you would love to own a copy of ZIP! Be sure to check out the ratings while you’re there- it is one of the few games on the site that has the highest customer rating possible! Gain an extra entry by joining the GaZima Games mailing list by clicking HERE Gain additional entries for each of the following: retweeting this contest: http://twitter.com/vaagen/statuses/3492337388 following this blog subscribing to this blog in email grabbing my blog button and placing it on your site following this blog on Facebook rating this blog on Technorati This contest will end on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 6pm! Good luck!! Thank you for coming to Mingle Over Mocha with Anna! |
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| 100 Years Ago: "Babe Ruth Hits 30th Homer, Surpassing World's Record," Evening Public Ledger, July 19, 1920 |
Rating: 4.00  (1 votes)
Almost 100 years ago, the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) reported on a record-setting home run hit by "George H. Ruth, the bustin' Babe of baseball." Having set a new major league record in hitting 30 home runs 3 months into the season, the paper pointed out that the Yankee "Colossus of Clout" had more than 70 games to go and that, for the year, "Fifty [home runs] does not look impossible."... Read more about it! |
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| Post Traumatic Christmas Disorder |
Rating: 1.00  (1 votes)
Yeah-I made up the term, deal with it.
Sitting on my computer after dropping my mom off at the airport.
I no sooner walked in the door when I felt a migraine coming on. It always happens like this. I get a migraine after all the festivities are done. It is like my body just “lets down”. [...] |
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| Women's History Month |
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The Library of Congress and other agencies join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose work and lives have proven invaluable to society. This year's theme: "Writing Women Back Into History." |
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| Celebrate Woman’s History Month |
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The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society. The website includes information about programs at the various institutions, information on exhibits and links to resources for teachers.
In addition on the Library of Congress Teacher’s Page we are highlighting some of our women’s history lesson plans, themed resources and presentations. You can find our Teacher’s Page at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
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| Teacher’s Guide to Folklife Resources |
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Folklife Resources for Educators is an online portal for educators working in K-12 and undergraduate education. It provides access to resources for teaching about aspects of folklife, culture, and the traditional arts, with a focus on place-based and community-based teaching materials. These resources were reviewed by staff in the Library’s American Folklife Center and the curriculum materials listed are freely available and downloadable.
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| Review: Avatar |
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In his first movie since , James Cameron has made it worth the wait with a stunning milestone in filmmaking—and a storyline surprisingly rich in political and spiritual undertones.
      
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| 100 Years Ago: "1909 Hopes, Successes...", The Washington Herald, Jan. 1, 1909 |
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In an editorial cartoon, the Washington Herald (Washington, DC) depicts the advent of a new year with optimism, displaying a Wright airplane labeled "1909" on the crown and "Hopes," "Successes," "Happiness," and "Peace" throughout the airborne plane. On the ground, a bearded old man wielding Time's scythe labeled "Disaster" and "Ruin" retreats into the distance in a open automobile labeled "1908."... Read more about it! |
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