#FREE YOUR CHILDREN

BY TIFFANY BOYD

Often pastors, predominantly men, refuse to address the topic of government schools from the pulpit; I have written about that previously.

Did you know that the number one question I receive in regard to homeschooling is “What is a mother to do when their husband will not allow them to home-school?” Why do husbands not want their wives teaching and discipling their children? The number one reason is financial. A recent comment circulating in a social media group read as follows: “My husband resents that we home-school because I can’t work and provide an income for our family.”

If Christian parents are using government schools as free childcare while they work, you are abdicating your parental and biblical responsibility to the government. You are handing them off to a system that will not be instilling a biblical worldview in your children. Instead, they will be teaching your children that Christianity is a lie. Biblically, parents are mandated to disciple and teach their own children. Whomever your children are spending the most time with is who is discipling and teaching them.

In 1 Timothy 5:8, Paul is speaking to the men of the church when he says to them, “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of their own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Christian men, it is your responsibility to financially provide for your families. You are blessed if you have been given a

The Free YOUR Children radio show, which airs every Thursday night at 8 p.m. Central, has launched a series of shows dedicated to encouraging husbands and fathers in the area of family discipleship and biblical education. We are digging deep into how the church has

Tiffany Boyd is the founder of Free YOUR Children, a homeschool advocate, consultant, speaker and the founder and administrator of Middle Tennessee Christian Homeschool Connection. She holds a B.S. degree in interdisciplinary studies from MTSU. She is a wife of 30 years and mother to five children, grandmother to two. She is a former tenured public school teacher. She and her husband have home educated for 18 years. Contact her at freeyourchildren@gmail.com