| Some people wonder if Christians should send | | | | college. So train up your child in the way they |
| their homeschool graduates to college. After all, | | | | should go, and when they become adult, allow |
| college is filled with faulty humans. But for many | | | | them to engage the culture and change the world. |
| people and for many reasons, college is the logical | | | | Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the |
| next step after high school. | | | | good news to all creation." Mark 16:15 |
| "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought | | | | It is a command. Jesus said it. That verse just |
| like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became | | | | screams for our attention. He does not say, "Go |
| a man, I gave up childish ways." | | | | into all the world, but not college." So if college is in |
| ~ 1 Corinthians 13: 11 | | | | your child's future, prepare them to face it as a |
| We spend much of our homeschool years | | | | mature adult. |
| explaining to people the reasons we keep our | | | | But of course, you do not have to throw your |
| children safe at home. Those reasons do not | | | | children into the lion's den either. Responsible |
| change when our children grow up - it is our | | | | Christians do not generally choose to hang out in |
| children that change. In fact, they become adults. | | | | bars or clubs for fun. So with your students, |
| Adults must interact with a fallen world on a | | | | choose your college carefully, weighing the options |
| regular basis. Firm in their faith, adult Christians | | | | - just do not be afraid of college in general. |
| need to negotiate the contrasting world views | | | | If college is the next natural step after high |
| with their own beliefs intact. At some point, and | | | | school, then prepare your students to step boldly |
| you will know when it happens to you, your child | | | | into adulthood. Allow them to engage the culture |
| will be ready to "become a man" (or woman) and | | | | so that they may change the world. |
| move on into life - and that "life" may include | | | | |