by Evann Duplantier<\/p>\n
In the \u201cFamily Matters\u201d column of the October 19, 2004 National Catholic Register<\/em>, Tom and Caroline McDonald provided an insightful answer to a reader\u2019s homeschooling question: \u201cI have a deep desire to homeschool our children, but my husband is adamantly opposed to the idea. It is really causing stress in our marriage. How can we come to a resolution?\u201d <\/p>\n The McDonalds replied: \u201cAny homeschooler will attest that homeschooling is such an undertaking that you simply cannot attempt it without both parents being totally committed and united.\u201d <\/p>\n The McDonalds then reminded readers that parents are still the primary educators of their children regardless of where they attend school. They presented a few ways that non-homeschoolers, and even homeschoolers, can be sure to pass the Catholic faith on to their children and form them both spiritually and morally. Here are their suggestions:<\/p>\n \u2022 Celebrate and live out the liturgical year in your home. <\/p>\n \u2022 Familiarize your children with good Catholic literature and art.<\/p>\n \u2022 Fill you home with articles of faith and sacramentals.<\/p>\n \u2022 Set aside a time for daily family prayer.<\/p>\n \u2022 And for the Dad reluctant to homeschool \u2013 resort to prayer.<\/p>\n Those of us blessed to have husbands who are willing to support us in our homeschool adventure should also resort to prayer \u2013 prayer of thanksgiving. <\/p>\n Lord Jesus, our brother, we praise You for saving us.<\/p>\n Teach us to love You and Your Father by keeping Your commandments.<\/p>\n Bless + this father, and deepen his love for his wife and family.<\/p>\n By his work and example and prayer, may he lead his children to follow You.<\/p>\n Lord Jesus, hear our prayer as we offer You glory for ever and ever.<\/p>\n Amen.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Evann Duplantier In the \u201cFamily Matters\u201d column of the October 19, 2004 National Catholic Register, Tom and Caroline McDonald provided an insightful answer to a reader\u2019s homeschooling…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}