When Christians send their children to government schools, they are doing more than sharing a responsibility; they are delegating the primary authority of their children’s education to unbelievers. As the Apostle Paul describes in Corinthians, they are becoming unequally yoked. What makes parents think their children will follow parental guidance while being daily indoctrinated into atheist, humanist, and statist worldviews?
The Architect’s Intent: Education as a Social Tool
John Dewey and other sociologists instilled in parents today’s common belief that schooling is a “social tool.” Dewey explicitly believed that public schools were the primary institution of social change. Christians claim to understand the myriad problems with secular education, yet they continue to tout “socialization” as a key reason to send their children to government schools. Do they not understand they have conveniently sent their children to socialize within proselytizing warehouses where drug abuse is rampant, sexual promiscuity is the norm, and bullies reign supreme? To think these kids will be a “light in the dark” is a dangerous delusion. They are being led as lambs to the slaughter, and the result is often a total departure from the faith.
The Battle for the Internal Voice
In truth, many have been taken in by the lure of “free” education. But at what cost? Your children are the targets of intentional humanist change. At home, you may teach them about Jesus, but the government system is adept at instilling its own religion: Humanism.
This is a battle for the Internal Voice. Solomon describes the power of a parent’s constant instruction in Proverbs 6:20–22:
“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother… When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou freest, it shall talk with thee.”
If the state speaks to your child for 8–10 hours a day, it is the state’s commandment that will “talk” to them when they wake. When would you have time to compete with this schedule of indoctrination? When the parent is not the educator, the State becomes the narrator of the child’s soul.
The All-Day Mandate and the Millstone
God’s design for education is the “all-day” immersion commanded in Deuteronomy 6:6–7:
“And these words… thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
By breaking this cycle, parents are offending the little ones. We must heed the warning of Matthew 18:6:
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Parents are eternally culpable for this reckless mistake. They are teaching their children that there are no negative consequences for disobedience to God. These kids are being thrown to the wolves, taught to tolerate and accept degeneracy, and trained in obedience to men’s arbitrary laws rather than God’s eternal law.
A Call to Fathers and Leaders
As Fathers—the heads of our households and spiritual leaders—we are commanded to teach our children to fear God. We must show them the historical positive and negative sanctions of obedience to Christ.
By taking responsibility and teaching our children the skills for learning—mastering reading comprehension, writing, math, and the sciences—we give them the critical thinking skills and Godly wisdom necessary to rebuild our Republic from the ground up. Consider the wisdom of Ephesians 6:4:
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
How can this possibly be done by sending your children to government schools? It is time to stop sacrificing our children on the altar of convenience: “Free Public Schooling”