Ep. 27: We Are the Parents - Part 1 (Recognizing and Embracing Our God-Given Responsibilities)
M Is for Mama Podcast
Abbie Halberstadt
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Our culture abounds with memes poking fun (or downright mocking) the role of parents--playing up the cluelessness of dads (and moms too) and treating children as a burden to be escaped or, at the very least, outsourced. Not only that, but a rising trend toward the prioritization of the views of "experts" (even if that expertise has been conferred by a course or a degree, rather than experience or extensive research) over the authority of parents makes it clear that, if we don't embrace our God-given role as the primary disciplers of our children, the world is ready and willing to step in.
But Scripture makes it very clear that, we, not the government or teachers or experts, are ultimately responsible for our children's well-rounded education. Be encouraged that *you* are best-equipped to parent your unique kiddos well because God is the one who equips you!
Bible References:
Deuteronomy 6:6-8
Matthew 5:14
1 Corinthians 15:33
Ephesians 6:10-18
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends just a heads up that today's episode will actually be split into two |
| 0:04.3 | and will be a two-part conversation about our roles as the primary disciples and |
| 0:08.9 | educators of our children regardless of what schooling choices we make and then I'll also be |
| 0:12.4 | answering in the second part. |
| 0:13.7 | A really common question that I get about why we choose to homeschool and what my own homeschooling |
| 0:18.3 | background was. So when it wraps up, don't be dismayed. We will definitely come back and finish off the topic. |
| 0:25.4 | So enjoy today's episode and then we will MS-Mama Podcast. I'm your host Abby Halberstadt, happy wife, |
| 0:39.4 | Mama to 10 Bible Believing Christian. And on today's show I want to tackle something that is a timely |
| 0:46.3 | topic simply because of what time of year it is. We are heading back into the school year and I know that many of you are gearing up for going |
| 0:56.1 | back to school in a traditional setting whether that is a private school or a public |
| 1:00.4 | school or gearing up to be your children's teacher as a homeschool teacher. |
| 1:04.8 | I know that I am followed and listened to by a wide range of mamas who choose a wide |
| 1:09.2 | range of schooling options including all over the world. People follow me from Indonesia, from Germany, from France, |
| 1:17.0 | from Australia, from South Africa, and so some of you don't even have all of the options that we have here in the US, |
| 1:24.8 | or you have different options and maybe even more options than we have in the US. |
| 1:29.2 | So I want to speak to the schedule or that your kid isn't at a boarding school the whole year because I have a couple of people |
| 1:43.8 | that have told me that that's the case for their children. |
| 1:48.0 | But as we head back into the school year, what does it look like to give a child a well-rounded |
| 1:52.1 | education from a Christian parenting |
| 1:54.4 | perspective? And I just wrote a post on this on my social media and I want to expound on that. But in |
| 1:59.7 | the process, I will be talking about my own educational upbringing and how that helped shaped me. |
| 2:06.0 | And I'll also address kind of the question of why we homeschool simply because whether or not it's |
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