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To: refermech

You may be able to homeschool in some things, and utilize the public system for special things. The big thing is to make sure he is grounded and moral. Kids like this tend to be as questioning philosophically as they are scientifically, and if you are not careful, they may feel they “know more than you” in moral pursuits also.

If you keep them straight spiritually, all the rest can be accomplished.


31 posted on 02/21/2012 10:30:39 AM PST by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: I still care
If you keep them straight spiritually, all the rest can be accomplished.

I would add that spiritually also blends into the issues of morality, faith-informed reason and the like. I was somewhat intellectually precious as a youngster but was able to keep pretty much out of trouble for three main reasons:

1. We went to church.

2. I respected my parents and family.

3. I respected my teachers and the school authorities, and my parents backed them up.

Those three things kept any "know it all" tendencies in check.

37 posted on 02/21/2012 10:45:44 AM PST by chimera
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