Training them up

Today was a trying day, we finally are settled and getting acclimated to our new home. I feel like I've had to defend and or explain myself several times today. The topic of the day why do you homeschool? My husband Kevin and I felt that it was best to remove our children from the traditional school environment and do things a little differently and thus far I can honestly say that it is working.
Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
My story starts here I felt like my school aged children were being  judged by school officials in a negative way. Our family was not quite settled in our surroundings and our children were suffering because of it. I could see a struggle with in my eldest son his learning, he would not get it at school, his teacher was impatient and not willing to repeat her lessons on what was unclear to him. He would come home crying because he felt dumb and he thought his brain was not working. Other students would laugh at him because he wasn't reading as fast as them I voiced my concerns to the teacher, to the principal, to the office and board of Education no one seemed to care, after tutoring help from the school and various of other different courses of action I had a serious epiphany,  I was going to research home schooling him.

Spending a lot of time and energy into parent meetings and such I was loosing track of my other son whom at the time was a new Kindergartener, he was also struggling. Don't get me wrong I've always spent time with my kids and taught them myself but I assumed that them being in school  was the best option, not with 1-2 hours of home work a night per kid the traditional school thing was Horrible.

I now have 3 out of 4 completing lessons with me, it took some time finding out what works best for them individually but the reward is so awesome, seeing my babies have confidence with learning and having fun while doing so is so worth it. In Psalms 127:3 it says Children are a heritage from the Lord, Offspring a reward from him, I couldn't agree more. Summing up my explanations for everyone we homeschool our children because we know we love and care for our children, they are not taught to the test they are not condemned by there peers, still socialized and have a deep respect and love for God, themselves and our household. Homeschooling allows me to be more hands on and focused on each child individually, I love it, it works for our family at this time and Our children will prosper in the Lord.