Why We Left Public Education | Raising the Next Generation of Warrior Poets

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[@leatherheadhoseck8462]

Came for the guns, stayed because of who you and your family are and want to be. Thank you for speaking up and encouraging us.

[@mrspoet9907]

THanks for being a part of the Society.

[@Daniel08353]

Yeah I found a few interesting videos of phycological mindset thinking, and found the personal life aspect even better! It exemplifies everything else you discuss because of your proper priority of family, and raising a generation to be functional members or society!

[@clyancey]

My sentiments exactly.

[@waysidetimes9226]

Strangely enough, I was never interested in their gun content when it popped up in my feed. Then one of their philosophy/life skills videos showed up and I got hooked. Warrior Poet Society is an apt name.

[@tony_fanta]

i satyed because i need a roll model

[@DavidPerez-mr3cs]

A wife who is willing to stay at home and teach the kids is worth more than gold.

[@Murphator]

platinum

[@paulascott451]

Amen!

[@elcidcampeador9629]

What a time we live in, where something that was natural for a woman to want is now nearly impossible to find

[@tony_fanta]

@@elcidcampeador9629 i never thought of that

[@willyd3709]

Heart of gold is hard to find

[@itsdirtycivilian2U]

Moms that choose to homeschool are hero’s! I watch my wife tackle schooling the kids and run the house and she’s superhuman. I’m in Law Enforcement and work long hours but she truly is the one I look up to. Good job Mrs. Poet, your part of a very special group of strong hard working women!

[@johnnydanger1305]

It’s spelled heroes not hero’s. Hero’s are more than one hero sandwich. Whoever homeschooled you, I hope they failed you in spelling.

[@itsdirtycivilian2U]

You sir need to deal with the nemesis within. You’ll be way less worried about a simple grammatical error, (not to be confused with a spelling error)on a comment to a great video. “ I don’t always correct people for pointless reasons, but when I do I always watch an episode of Project Nemesis to get a chubby dose of humble pie” - The most interesting man on Earth.

[@thatkajunguy8029]

@@johnnydanger1305 you do realize that you can correct spelling without being a jerk don't you.

[@road_king_dude]

👏👏👏👏

[@johnnydanger1305]

That Kajun Guy realize I don’t know what rellize is.

[@mikef5694]

As a new parent, I’m asking you to please do more parenting advice/experience videos. They’re excellent.

[@StevenL00]

@@DinoNucci man John isn't a bad parent ok

[@StevenL00]

@@DinoNucci elaborate?

[@sethiswild1333]

Congratulations on the kid!

[@sonsofliberty3081]

Check out abeka academy home schooling program. Fully accredited, they will give you or your school district a transcript (even college), full dvd school day with teachers keys and lesson plans. My girl finishing up 1st grade and is ahead of her public school friends in 2nd grade. Good people too.

[@skubz81]

As someone who wants to have kids someday I second that motion.

[@williamapple9693]

I knew when i first found mr. poet there was something different he used clean language and had values that a man of God has... Then i keep digging and hear his wife speaking about the leading of God.... I'm just telling all you folks God can change any of us into good hearted warriors that care about doing right towards God and doing right to others..... I'm just going to say praise the Lord and keep up the good fight... You inspire me John and not many people have done that... Thanks

[@schmick125]

As a school psychologist having worked from pre K through high school in rural, suburban, and urban districts...you guys NAILED IT!!!! The education system is broken and being able to give your children undivided attention, encouragement, and meaningful instruction you have put the joy back in learning. Focusing on reading and the joy of reading is the single most important skill you can give them. A child first learns to read...then reads to learn. I could write a dissertation on how I agree with everything you’ve said!!! Well done, you guys seem to make a phenomenal team! Your kids are very fortunate!!

[@mrspoet9907]

Wow, You have seen it all as a school psychologist I'm sure. That's a heavy load you've carried. THanks for the encouragement on reading, we're focusing on those skills now while they're young. THanks for following!

[@schmick125]

Mrs Poet Oh yes I have seen it all, especially being in an urban district. You and John have touched on so many excellent points in this video!! Just like bullying has been around since the beginning of time yet how children react to bullying is definitely new in the past several years. Here in Ohio one school system had 5-6 suicides in one year. And I am totally stealing the term “imagination stealer”. Students at all age levels play video games as 100% of their entertainment, then we wonder why college graduates turn out living back in their parents basement. Just as you said, quite correctly, children learn through play! When is the last time we saw a TV commercial for a toy you play with outside? Interpersonal communication skills are extremely rare. And the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality leaves kids unable to deal with the first sign of adversity. Again I could go on and on but you guys nailed it!! Well done and I wish you guys the best!! It’s tough being a conservative in the public education system lol and still super jealous that John shoots so much better than me 😂

[@Steve-ls3yy]

@@schmick125 Great to hear from a man with your background. I hope Mr. & Mrs. Poet do another video and have you on as a guest. What about it folks?

[@carlsasau6162]

In my opinion good educated people are able to homeschool the first four years. Very good educated people can pull it of past sixth grade. But after that you need to be honest with yourself. If you do not understand the books used for homeschooling and cannot complete the tasks yourself, you need to find a solution. Cooperating with other homeschooling parents is a great way I guess. Other people can teach other stuff. I would certainly need help.

[@MacJeezy]

Perhaps... but did your parents think your school system was OPTIMAL, and the most balanced & AWESOME institution in the world? Probably not... I was born in 1980, and I remember kids in my era who were being dragged out of school between 5-7th grade in order to be home schooled. My parents perpetually worried about my era’s education system, because they were just beginning to teach Sex Education in 6th Grade, and the materialistic, MTV/Nintendo era of the 80’s & 90’s.

[@catsspat]

That old saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself," is truer than ever.

[@clairecalitz4036]

I love the way you two harmonise and complement each other. So nice to see a masculine man and feminine woman work beautifully together as our creator hoped we would.

[@TheAgentmigs]

Its so cute its gross hahaa

[@johnbacon4997]

What are your thoughts on gays

[@citizen1675]

John Bacon folks can’t be gay all the time. Sometimes you just have a bad day and you just don’t feel so gay.

[@LToddBigham]

Well said.

[@y9oooo6149]

😂 christian freaks

[@salenailnitsky7296]

I just turned 22 and didn’t realize how much I needed this kind of content❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️

[@WPTheRabbitHole]

im a little bit older than that, but i too didn't realize how much i needed this content.

[@ddsdesignz5174]

I LOVED this video! I home schooled my children back at the beginning of the modern movement (1990 and beyond) and had no support from family, friends or church (even my husband was extremely tentative about the decision). As a matter of fact, I had a lot of opposition, particularly from the pastor and his family. My only support was a monthly newsletter that came from the other side of the country. I made this decision because I felt led by the Lord to do this, and I knew He would sustain me. Over time, some of my friends started to home school, and by the time my children were out of high school, there was an entire home school support group at our new church. Your information was so articulate and well thought out, and the "rabbit trails" were wonderful too. I was truly blessed by this video. Abundant blessings to you and your family!

[@jameshoward6053]

So far me and my 6 siblings have all been Homeschooled by our mother. And it is one of the greatest things in the world.

[@callmecamo2]

My six siblings and I? Don't flame me, I just couldn't resist!

[@callmecamo2]

And I see what you did there. 👏

[@thebrokeshooter7444]

I totally agree my two brothers and I were also homeschooled by our mother, and I think she taught us way more values than any public school could

[@TutiDelme]

To think my love for guns brought me here, (as well to lucas and drew hopkins from trex arms) and ended up finding so much more. This kind of videos reminds me that I'm not alone in my way of thinking. Thanks for everything

[@Rob9mm]

My exact same experience!

[@ryanjones5592]

Public education has become, by design, indoctrination. Our founders saw this and warned us. "If Congress can employ money indefinitely, for the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every state, county, and parish, and pay them out of the public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, the establishing in like manner schools throughout the union; they may assume the provision of the poor.... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America." -James Madison

[@phillipking9688]

Ryan Jones Respectfully, your founding fathers and Presidents such as Eisenhower also warned against the rise and dominance of the military industrial complex - but that grows inexorably. I invite you to read, if you don’t know them already, the Federalist Papers - particularly Publius treatise on the large republic.

[@ryanjones5592]

Phillip King I completely agree and am aware of the numerous and intertwined fascist complexes in this country. The Federalist Papers should be required reading in public schools imo.

[@adamcosta4610]

A man of History. Good on you sir.

[@adamcosta4610]

Druyt 88 yes I recall the Christian truant officer visiting my House when I missed Sunday service. Oh wait ...

[@adamcosta4610]

@Druyt 88 Take your own advice hoss, you're lowering the intellect of this thread.

[@akcustom7838]

I have recently found your channel along with Trex arms (your channels seem similar btw) and I love your stuff man. we have four kids and our story is very similar to you and your wife. We are planning on homeschooling our kids as well. Great family and values here!

[@dustoniuspollywogus8105]

im subbed to both

[@derschatten8757]

nice

[@mrpete2405]

I am a 66 year old grandfather and after watching this video I have regained some hope that our country may survive in tact after I'm gone. I forwarded your video and bought the book in audio version for my daughte-in-law and pray that she will persue your lead. Thanks for making my father's day better and a happy father's day to you and a wink of admiration to your lovely wife.

[@CharlesHatcher]

Man, I really appreciate this video. It helps me feel like I'm not alone in my thinking. My wife and I homeschool our kids , daughter 9, son 4, we are part of classical conversations. We chose this route, I think largely for the exact same reasons as you guys have. Ultimately, I wanted to raise people who could think for themselves, articulate why they believe what they believe, logically, and see the flaws in much of today's "modern" thinking. Most of all I want them to love God.

[@Fordmar85]

We love our CC group and CC friends. We are missing then in this virus shutdown.

[@bks6095]

@@DinoNucci Do u even have children?

[@zeenuf00]

@@DinoNucci fuck off scumbag.

[@joanhughes143]

@@DinoNucci I homeschooled our 2. They are both college grads, self-sufficient & well adjusted. If you don't homeschool, you have no idea the opportunities homeschoolers get with involved parents.

[@MegaNachodude]

As someone who went through the Classical Conversations program years ago, it is a solid program! It taught me some really valuable things including facts and evidence against mainstream educational teachings such as evolution. My only complaint is that the program is REALLY intense. After transitioning from CC into college courses, I can with 100% confidence say that college is a breeze in comparison to CC.

[@mikesmith7304]

Thanks for the video. We (more my wife) homeschooled our five sons through high school and they all finished college degrees. Two with master degrees. No regrets.

[@jodo1971]

First time I've heard mrs. Warrior-poet. Smart woman! If all parent were like you guys, we could take back this insane country in one generation.

[@1991USsoldier]

Sounds like a plan. Lets do it.

[@jonathan2416]

Watch more of their vids .... she’s in plenty

[@robertsimpson5801]

Well said, Jodo.

[@TheLoneHaranger]

Bravo zulu. I've watched WPS since forever. Curious to see and hear Mrs Poet for so long, since Mr Poet wouldn't settle for anything less than a smart, beautiful and independent partner on the same level. They're the epitomy of 'Team'.

[@SilentBedlam]

We're about to start homeschooling our 5 year old. With the "big brother" education system and now the mess with covid-19, we decided we were the best ones to raise our family. Thank you for sharing this video!

[@deerrdiary6684]

Been homeschooling now for almost two months. My son was in a Christian private school (his second one since he started school in 2016. He is now 8). Prayed for guidance as I knew God was leading me to homeschool and he was showing me to Be Still. When it was His perfect timing I finally pulled the trigger. My son is calmer and happier. I grew up in California and NEVER saw myself as a SAHM let alone a homeschooling mom. I praise the Lord for this new chapter in a life I DID NOT want be HE knows is best...His will is far greater than my own...experiencing it through this new chapter!! Thank you for your testimony! ✝️🙏🏼❤️

[@finnmacky7106]

Who's values do you want your child to have? Yours or a total stranger's? #HomeSchool

[@barryphillips3279]

EXACTLY could not agree more

[@SimPitTech]

@J C the state imposes quite a lot of strict rules on what values the kids need to be indoctrinated with in state run schools, what the teachers can and can't say or do. And most countries that are falling into the socialistic pit have strict restrictions on freedom of choice. In example in NZ you must go to the school in the zone where you live and you can't choose your teacher. Your kids are then taken away by the state at age 3 or 5 until they are adults - and the parents are there just left with the bills to care for state owned kids. It's pretty much what german fascist socialists did in order to build their third reich socialistic dream. Communistic socialist later adopted the same strategy in soviet union and eastern bloc and now the same is done by the Socialistic UN which is run by coalition of 3rd world countries and China. The only option is to homeschool.

[@xmachine7003]

@J C why should our lives be put on hold for fools?

[@donaldweber7636]

@James Zell You don't evangelical Christians teaching your children either. Those people are batshit crazy.

[@StevenL00]

@@DinoNucci **only in cases of unable parents/guardians. If you are a parent and you are able like WPS, then just go ahead

[@donl7114]

WoW!!!!!! To hear Mrs Poet, " we're anti snowflake here " .... I LOVE IT! ( Insert Tim Allen woofs here ). You two are evenly yoked and a joy to follow. Thank you for making a vid on this topic. ( And get Tim Allen on the show) Don

[@mrspoet9907]

I'll work on Tim Allen

[@SUPERMAN-yu2tm]

Both are evenly yoked. LOL hahahahahhaha John you gotta track this guy down bro.

[@SUPERMAN-yu2tm]

Ok nvm I just looked up what evenly yoked means LOL. John I'm calling off the hit on Don L

[@cw2gtc]

Your boys are fortunate. They’ll never have the worry and stress of wondering what day the teacher is going to force them to wear dresses. Pheew! Relief!

[@spektr540hemi]

IMHO, this is THE most important video you have done to date.

[@squidly2112]

We home schooled our daughter (she is now finishing college) and it turned out awesome. She was/is so much smarter and more prepared any of her peers. I totally recommend everyone home school their children if at all possible. With the Internet today and all of the material available for home schooling, it is a FAR better choice than public schooling.

[@Mtbambeno]

When I first ran across your channel close to a year ago I thought it just had a corny name. As time progressed I have been more and more impressed with the latter half of it. Critical thinking and a protective mind set. You sir and ma'am are something not too many people in larger communities have any more. Thankfully I live in a rural setting and most people have simular values. Yet there are many of the younger generation that do not. Keep up the good work.

[@trimha1]

I love when you guys do these videos together and talk about family and life. Great insight and makes for good conversations.

[@mrspoet9907]

thanks for following!

[@Uberragen21]

The making of a snowflake... *Entitlement attitude* _absolutely spot on_ "The world owes you nothing, you have to go out and earn it." Truer words have never been spoken. 👍

[@realhumanbean7945]

America owes me an opportunity and a future for my children. A lot of entitled people know that the game is rigged and that they are being replaced by foreigners, and it doesn't matter if you write code or wash toilets. This entitled generation also grew up on the internet. They know that something is deeply sick with this country and a lot of them cling onto the opposite - socialism.

[@3nertia]

The world doesn't owe us peasants anything but there *are* people in this world that do ...

[@realhumanbean7945]

@@3nertia I know that's right

[@briaschr]

Mr. And Mrs. Poet, you two are a blessing to my wife and me. I took your approach to introduce my wife to the concealed carry mindset (I did it the wrong way before and failed) and she now carries. This subject of homeschooling is near to our hearts. Sounds like our journey is alot like yours. We (and by that I mean my wife mostly) have been homeschooling for 8 years and have had alot of challenges. I have to say that the blessings far out weigh the difficulties. Thank you for using your platform for the Lord and sharing what i call the true gun culture that our country needs. Lord bless!.

[@mrspoet9907]

Love to hear from someone ahead of us that the blessings outweigh the difficulties; Rock on. Thanks for following.

[@heathmarcum5390]

I’m in Tennessee and a single dad, 38 years old, my son started kindergarten this year, and I took him out of class early 3 times in his 1st year and the school threatened if I did it one more Time he would get a hour of detention, I lost it. You can not punish a kid for something that was not his fault and he had no idea that it was going to be done, the school Systems have went to complete crap.

[@JG-bo3cp]

Hi from Ontario Canada. Our daughter was getting a pathetic quality of education and punished for playing with her friends in the school yard. We pulled her out and are glad we did. Our two other children won't be put in the socialist indoctrination system.

[@cynthiaellis5716]

My daughter kept getting hit and beaten by the other kids in her class. The teacher did nothing to help. Her brother tried to defend her and was constantly in the in school suspension room because of it. I homeschooled them both. My youngest just received her high school diploma at the homeschool commencement ceremony. Our community has such a great support system for homeschoolers.

[@JG-bo3cp]

@@cynthiaellis5716 It takes a lot of effort to homeschool. I'm proud of you!

[@summerday2791]

Where in TN are you?. We’re in Sevier County and I homeschool both our boys(2&1/2 and 5 years old), using Abeka Academy. They get plenty time playing and using their imagination outside, swimming in the pool, visiting the museums and anywhere they can learn and school gets done in about 2&1/2 hours. We can start a school pod with a few others. I’ll check and see what’s possible. Civilization depends on how many warrior poets we make.

[@JG-bo3cp]

@@35751W How very authoritarian dictator of them.

[@sjackson9264]

I was homeschooled K-12. Best move my parents could have made. I’m extremely thankful for it!

[@jakemurphy839]

As a person who was homeschooled after the 3rd grade and is now an adult, i cant say enough how greatful i am of my upbringing. It opens up a world of opportunity.

[@broctonnunns280]

@@DinoNucci lol you mean "your." How's the public school system treating you?

[@goldenboy551]

We now have a 9th grader down to a kindergartener. 4 kids 100% homeschooled. It is a God-given duty to educate our kids. It's our job as parents. Good on you!

[@goldenboy551]

@@DinoNucci, thank you! Jesus was a social misfit, so that's a high compliment. My children are loved, study character development, have many 'social' groups and opportunities within our community, each receive personalized attention and curriculum built around their learning style, are all at or above their grade level for their respective ages, and are being raised to love and know God. Thank you for the opportunity to further express how much I love my kids, how confident I am in the decision to homeschool, and to exercise my self control in responding to a judgemental, troll of a comment.

[@Luka-xx5ve]

@@goldenboy551 Dont waste time writing to those comments, you have every right to choose how are your kids gonna be educated. Can you explain in short how homeschool works, how do you teach higher math and similar more complex things and also if your kids later want can they go for high level education ( for example to be engineers) . God Bless

[@stick3024]

This day and age homeschooling is the only option in my opinion. Thank you for doing your part raising up the next generation properly! 👍

[@kwik2hear915]

Especially when they don't set bail for felons, stay strong, love ur kids!

[@SociallyBranded]

I am a former homeschool mom. I was a private homeschooler teaching my children through unit studies. My daughter was homeschooled k-12 and is a successful esthetician and make up artist. My son ended up going to public high school because of my divorce and we have suffered the consequences but thank God he had the foundations from early on. It’s a hard road to take but a fruitful one. I miss homeschooling and would love to get back to serving in that space. Waiting on God to provide. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@paulmoney8960]

My daughter is 3 1/2 and went to preschool last year at my church. I plan to do the same this coming fall but have really been thinking about what to do about her education when it’s time for actual kindergarten. I’m 37 and the school system has changed SO MUCH since I was a kid.

[@Ripper13F1V]

Awesomesauce. We pulled our 9 year old out. And are struggling with homeschooling. But our kiddo is reading college level military history books now. It's hard work keeping ourselves on track to keep him on track.

[@AlecSteele]

Brilliant discussion!

[@WarriorPoetSociety]

Alec!!! See you in a month

[@daelinblack6681]

Woah.. didn't expect to see you here.

[@donpumsey413]

I was homeschooled from kindergarten to high school. I started at my local community college at fourteen and had my associates degree by the time I graduated at age seventeen. Homeschooling offered me an incredible amount of opportunities and was a good experience, as a whole. That said, I think I can offer some insight on the "unsocialized homechoolers." I met quite a few of them and they always seemed to be a product of their parents not involving them enough in group activities with other children at a young age. My mother put an incredible amount of effort into finding activities for my siblings and I to be with other children. Church youth group, soccer, swim team, little league and countless other things. None of us turned out to be perfect, but I feel we were all given the maximum amount of opportunity for the future and I will be eternally grateful to my parents for the sacrifices that they made to do this for me. I'm sure your children will feel the same way. Good job guys! Keep up the good work and God bless you.

[@mrspoet9907]

GLad to hear it Chris, Thanks for following. I love to hear from HS Grads.

[@YSLRD]

My kids were rural and mostly socialized with each other and adults. They turned out great. No issues. On the plus side, even as teenagers, peer pressure never had a chance. To quote kid # 3, " I don't follow trends, I start them."

[@MelissaRichelle]

You're so right about having a love for reading as a key goal! My dad always said "if you're reading you don't have to do the dishes"...and I never did lol

[@mrspoet9907]

Hahha that’s great! 🎉

[@epauletshark3793]

That's how my mother runs it!

[@mattbertrand9496]

My wife has been getting into self defense and concealed carry, largely in part to Mrs Poet and her blog/ video. Can we get more with her on mom life with CCW?

[@mrspoet9907]

matt bertrand thanks! Tell her to follow my Instagram

[@nitrogunco.llc.7028]

I second that! My wife and so many mothers would be encouraged if Mrs Poet did a day and the life as a Mom & CCW holder. Great recommendation @mattbertrand9496

[@lazvt8469]

HS'd all four of ours....oldest just turned 31, youngest just finished high school. HIGHLY RECOMMEND homeschooling. I'm an engineer, my wife did 1-yr of college...yet did 99% of the teaching. First three did exceptional in college....one music major, one electrical engineer, the other just finished his masters in accounting (and he was severely autistic!). The Lord provides! Soli Deo Gloria!

[@mrspoet9907]

Glad to hear that as i look to the future.

[@andym1594]

Your kids would have been fine either way. I was an engineer and a national champion athlete coming from an AWFUL school system. You robbed the other kids of the strength of your kids. Run and hide is not what Jesus taught.

[@jmac781]

When we decided to home school friends told us we couldn't screw them up any more than public school will. Lot of great resources for home schooling out there. 11 years and counting now.

[@mr.potatohead5736]

J Mac how much did you screw them up?

[@Uberragen21]

@@mr.potatohead5736 depends on the quality of public schools in your area. Where I live, the public schools are decent, but they bus in degenerates from the city. Those kids cause 75% of the reported problems in the school.

[@mrspoet9907]

Yes there are more resources, programs, events, etc. than ever. Rock on.

[@jmac781]

@@mr.potatohead5736 They are scarred for life. LOL They can quote way to many scenes from Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail. Though thinking on it they would have had that regardless.

[@jmac781]

In all seriousness we lived in metro Nashville when we started so we saved them a whole lot of problems.

[@rivertrash9520]

I would just like to say Thank You John and Mrs.Poet!!!!!! I first started watching your videos about a year ago, because I enjoyed learning about firearms and self defense from John. But I have learned so much more about god and family from you two. You have inspired me to go back to church and to be a better father for my son. I can’t even begin to thank you enough for the difference you have made in my life!! P.S. I would love to see more of these family values podcasts and I’m sure that I’m not alone!!

[@mrspoet9907]

Glad to have you as part of the Society. THanks for following.

[@tcsteeves]

I started homeschooling my kids 2 years ago and it certainly wasn't planned. It's been a wonderful experience for all of us and I don't regret the decision at all. It was really nice connecting with other homeschooling families on FB and I am amazed at the support. Thank you for your video.

[@Domaco114]

Don’t have any doubts that you will have your kid’s best Interest in mind. Our son Just turned 18 Home schooled since second grade. We were told by his early education teacher that he was falling behind so we made the decision to pull him out of school and have never looked back since. He’s a well rounded young man now. Not at all socially awkward (we heard the same things from family members objecting to what we were doing). 👍🏻🤙🏻💪🏻awesome stuff guys

[@GaDawg0513]

As a native of Metro Atlanta & raising our kids in it, we had the same concerns. Moved to Nebraska, problem solved. Atlanta is the Sodom of the South. God bless your Family John.

[@nmr6988]

Jeff G, I agree. We're Texans stuck in North Fulton and hate going into Atlanta, which we have to do semi frequently for work. Very dangerous and run by crooks. We're trying hard to get back to Texas while still vertical.

[@GaDawg0513]

@@nmr6988 Have faith. God will take you where he can use you and your family the best. God gave our family a path to leave and we are grateful. We went from a county of 1 million to a county of 20k. God loving small town values where kids bike to school, neighbors know & care about each other. I thought we were on a different planet when we moved here. Have faith, the Lord will deliver.

[@nmr6988]

@@GaDawg0513 , thank you. We moved here for jobs in 2001 and have asked the Lord to get us back home after the first year. I hope He hurries now. We're 65 and 67 and are feeling it.

[@patrioticconstitutionalist735]

No better life than country life, things get simpler the farther from the city you get it's not for everyone which is what makes it nice lol

[@GaDawg0513]

Mark Belk Georgia’s colonial history is 400+ years & in the garbage can. Walk around Centennial or Piedmont Park and ask if they met James Oglethorpe or the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Gwinnett, Hall, Walton) lately, or name the last 5 Governors, let alone Coach Dooley, or Zell Miller. I was raised & educated in Georgia but no longer recognize her.

[@MrRebar15]

Bravo, bravo, *Warrior Poet Society * Well done. God Bless.

[@kylethedarkness]

I was homeschooled from 2nd grade until graduating high school. I loved it, and I don't think I'd have made it in public school (went through some really difficult times as a teenager). I am the first of two boys. and my mom homeschooled my little brother exclusively. The first time he set foot in a classroom (besides a co-op) was when we went to college. After the basic stuff (Bible, math, reading, writing, science), my mom let us decide what we wanted to learn or focus on. She encouraged reading and learning and that has followed me into adulthood. I still love reading, and learning new things and skills and I hope I always do. An example of this comes from my passion for firearms and the efficient use thereof. I was always bad at math growing up, I couldn't understand math beyond early algebra, my mom didn't push me there and instead helped me excel in other areas. Now as an adult, I am interested in long range shooting. Well, one huge part of long range shooting is... math. Ballistics/physics and trigonometry, I took it upon myself to learn trig (basic functions) and physics to account for bullet drop and windage corrections based on bullet weight, ballistic coeffeciant, muzzle velocity, and angle of fire. Like Winston Churchill, I soak up every little bit of info and eat, breathe, and sleep the stuff that I am interested in (guns/shooting/marksmenship, survival, aviation, guitars, music, books, camping, off roading, history (especially the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and American history)), but it is really difficult to learn things that do not interest me at all (like say car mechanical stuff). On top of this, I have a really close relationship with my mom, and still have the faith in Jesus as my savior that I grew up with. In college, I made good, solid friends, which made the difference in how kids turn out for the rest of their lives in my opinion. I am 33 now, married to a beautiful and wonderful woman, and we just had our first child, a baby girl. I have great Christian friends that I know I can count on. I attribute most of this to being homeschooled by Christian parents (mostly my mom) with good morals and values and passing them onto me. Don't get me wrong, my life is very far from perfect, even ideal I'd say. I have a decent job, but not in the field I went to college for, and I struggle with a lot of pain and emotional turmoil over some events from my past. But overall, I am very blessed, and know that God provides for me every step of the way. And yes, we are planning on homeschooling our daughter. I will not have the state "educate" (more like indoctrinate) my child.

[@daveg5808]

I'm so glad that you are homeschooling your children. We are in our 25th year of homeschooling our 6 children. Like you, we felt like we were called by God to pull our kids back from the culture and put them in an environment where they could better develop socially, academically and especially spiritually. We have not had regrets.

[@bludog4657]

I am a little late joining this GREAT channel and organization, but all I want to say is THANK YOU for all the encouragement, inspiration, and God given advice. I pray the Lord will continue to bless all that you and your family and friends are doing to teach and bless the rest of us. Love from New Mexico!!

[@chiefro7]

Homeschool high five! Lmfaooo Mrs. Poet is hella funny! Edit: The way Mr and Mrs Poet look at each other during conversation, and the visibly tangible and obvious connection they have to one another when doing so, is incredible and inspiring. Especially in this age of widespread and commonplace societal divorce rates.

[@Spazzycat14]

I know why they are so close as well.

[@mrspoet9907]

THanks for following, Adam.

[@chiefro7]

Mrs Poet Thanks for making such great content to follow!

[@jessicabryn7170]

I noticed that too! Their kids are blessed to have parents who are so obviously in love and are in line with each other.

[@jkellyid]

John is nailing it. Millennials are the first generation to graduate with post modern ethics ingrained subconsciously. Being a productive and independent adult with that ethic is near impossible.

[@born2beashooterjosh397]

Not impossible just extremely rare I'm a millenial wasn't homeschooled but I don't have any beliefs in common with everyone else my age does because I could see the propaganda for what it was propaganda

[@shaneusry589]

Josh Weese, the are, thankfully, a few critical thinkers like yourself out there..... very few! Most of those came to the way they are because of their home life ie, their parents involvement in their lives.

[@born2beashooterjosh397]

@@shaneusry589 that's exactly what it was for me I was raised by parents who always taught me to use my thoughts to make decisions and face things from a logical practical train of thought

[@jkellyid]

@@born2beashooterjosh397 , I had a long painful red pill as an adult

[@born2beashooterjosh397]

@@jkellyid lmao well I did a little bit myself I've was never in to politics at all and really just never thought of myself Dem or Rep but the last 6yrs or so I've realized I have zero in common with the way Democrats believe and they just want to take away your freedom as well

[@fr.jeremy9434]

Two boys and two girls and homeschooled. I have a good "Strong Gal" at home as well. Thank God.

[@miikesternberg6947]

Well done. 74 years old and no kids anymore at home. Still watched every minute. There is hope. Thanks for your input.

[@StuWC3]

My daughter was in public school till halfway through her 8th grade year. During that last few months I had an awakening. I was beginning to see that the things my public school in our area was teaching or condoning as ok was not ok with my beliefs. I started to see a change in my daughter, and her way of thinking. I kept thinking where is she getting this from, when it hit me, school. Two days after I had that revelation I went to her school got her things and withdrew her from public school. It’s been a lil over a year now and I have seen such a positive change in my daughter. I’m not saying just homeschool has changed her, but I do feel she’s not being indoctrinated with the junk they teach kids today. She no longer feels the stress she once did at school, which is a load off my shoulders. I’m not saying homeschool is what changed her, I’d be liking if I did. Her biggest change was finding Jesus, I just believe homeschooling has complimented it. Just my two sense on the subject. Really enjoy seeing other parents with my same viewpoints. Keep it up poets.

[@theredneckromeos]

Wow amazing talk. As much as I enjoy the “tac talk” this may have been your best masterpiece yet. Hat off to you both.

[@AB-xq1kn]

Fellow homeschoolers from south atl. It’s our best decision to date. Thanks for all the good stuff!

[@mrspoet9907]

Glad to have you in the Party Mike.

[@thebenforever]

Finally was able to finish the video. I was homeschooled for most of my education. My mom was staunchly opposed to me being in the public school system, so it wasn't until my junior year of high school that I was permitted to attend a 2 year vocational school. I am grateful to my mom for making that hard sacrifice of her time and energy to give me and my brother a better chance at a better life. The older I get, and the more I observe the public school system and the changes it manifests, the more I see it as a simple, brutal mold in which to press as many children as it can, to churn out the maximum amount of quiet, obedient, and productive tax payers possible. The more the tax payers continue to permit it by not voicing their objections, the bigger that brutal mold will become.

[@BillJoslin]

I homeschooled my daughter for three years. i gave up an executive level career to do so. It was the hardest and best thing I've ever done. My daughter is a completely different person today for it (and a very impressive human). She's moved on to private and then public school now, by her choice. IMO homeschooling is so critical to character development and the intergenerational transfer of values, character, integrity etc. The content of education is secondary to emulation.

[@justinbivings2856]

First off, I just found the channel and its exactly what I've been looking for. I'm 23 and in college myself, but I went the private school route and felt something was lacking from this "education" I've been taught. Having spent a few years in college bouncing around majors, I've come to realize that while there are good things I can learn from classes, most of what you learn in a bachelor's degree isn't very practical for the job you are being prepared to do. Long story short, if/when I have kids, Homeschooling will definitely be on the table for me! Keep up the awesome content!!

[@Spazzycat14]

100% with you Mr. & Mrs. Poet. I was homeschooled throufh high school and it was a drastic difference from public and private. Being from all three homeschooling was always the best. I may not be the most knowledgeable about topics I didnt take, but I held my morals, and didnt make mistakes I could have. Now my wife , who was also homeschooled (Yes awkward homeschoolers can talk to girls) and I want to homeschool our daughter. The state of education, is awful at the moment, not only that but I feel it is the parents responsibility to educate and teach values to their children. Its a daunting task and we are just starting the concieve an idea of what to do, given that pur daughter has just turned 2 we have some time. Your family and mine align perfectly in values. God bless your family, raise that generation of Hard Men for these Hard Times. We need them. Homeschool highfive. 👏

[@mrspoet9907]

Great! You are on top of it if sh'es 2 you have time to plan and prepare :)

[@Spazzycat14]

@@sv8497 If you cant say anything nice, say nothing at all. Words to live by.

[@eclectricmagazine]

hahah thank god for your morals, another dummy leading another dummy

[@Spazzycat14]

@@eclectricmagazine Sorry you feel that way.

[@Edan730]

You can really see the love in each of their eyes and its genuinely heart warming. This really opened my eyes and as a person who really hated public school it was really refreshing. Keep up the great content guys 😁

[@shanecub325]

Glad you and you're wife discussed this topic. Me and my wife have been talking about homeschooling our little girl. Society isn't going to be structuring my child. Good topic. God bless u and you're family

[@MrGuitarfreak132]

I'm 31 and would love prayers to find a woman who thinks this way and wants to raise and homeschool kids. Its a rare find today and a very admirable quality. Thanks for sharing your opinions and giving a different perspective. I was homeschooled 6th-9th and it honestly has a huge positive impact on the rest of my life.

[@kekebaxter]

I love you guys! By the way, I was one of those weirdo's homeschooling in the 80's. I was a reluctant homeschooler then, laying awake at night worrying if the state was going to take my kids, with NO regrets now. My adult kids are awesome! I'm so proud of the adults my kids have become. I'm equally as proud to have laid if not just a few of the bricks that paved the way to modern homeschooling. What I think most modern homeschoolers may not realize is that in addition to homeschooling without the internet, we also were active politically and making way not just for homeschooling to be legal, but to take back the rights of parents that as we saw it then was slowly being eroded. Proudest moment politically: we shut the phone lines down at the capital in Washington DC on a day they were trying to get a bill passed that was going to take some more of those rights away, boy were they mad!! Whoo Hoo! The bill went up in flames and did not pass, still doing that happy dance!

[@patrickfenton1637]

I was homeschooled and like to think I turned out okay. My older brother has his master's degree in communication and teaches at a local university; my older sister is a nurse working post surgery; I'm an ER nurse, and my younger sister is in school for Occupational Therapist Assistant. We have more friends than the real world allows us to hang out with. We have friends worldwide; we've all been to multiple countries and continents and have more multicultural and worldwide experiance than most young people I meet.

[@mrspoet9907]

THanks for following, Patrick. Glad to hear you had a great experience.

[@1erinjames]

This makes me a fan of your channel ❤ i liked this Warrior Poet channel, but now im a fan!! Thank you for uploading this. As this world grows darker by the day, it is a comfort to hear from likeminded brothers and sisters in Yahusha/Jesus Christ!! I home schooled my kiddos for 1yr. What an incredible year that was. I had no support from family or friends, but it was the right decision for us! Because if particular circumstances outside of my control, after many tears and much prayer, i chose to re-enroll both kids back into the public school system. Had i been dealt a different deck of cards, i would never have put my children into the system that is public school. Thankfully, The Most High blessed one of my children with a heart after Him. Battered and bruised, he made it through, but it was many years of so much pain that should not have been. There is nothing he learned from the public school system that has been of benefit to him. NOTHING!!! His education has come from home. If anyone is still reading this, and is on the fence about home schooling vs public school, choose home school all the way if possible!!! Being a single parent makes it nearly impossible to home school, but these days you need to make a way!!!!! It is unbelievable what is being indoctrinated into our children now. If i had school age children, i would ABSOLUTELY pull them from the public indoctrination system and home school them. 100%!!!

[@mrspoet9907]

Thanks for following, Erin

[@1erinjames]

@@mrspoet9907 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2aseXaJntV_qJI Just caught wind of this. Please consider. Thank you.

[@agmarino4592]

Hey John, I was homeschooled with my 4 brothers. I am now serving in the navy, couldn't make it through NSW but I love your content and appreciate the positive push for homeschooling and such Christian values.

[@Pumpmaximum13]

I have a million things to say, but won’t type them all. This is by far the best video I’ve seen on your channel, and I’ve been watching for a couple years now. As a teacher of over 10 years, we homeschooled our children through high school due to a myriad of concerns we all had, parents and kids, about the local high school. I appreciate so much your decision to speak on this topic, and I really appreciate that your family is devoted to the Lord and focused on Him. Thank you again to both of you for taking the time to speak on this. It is because of your principles and faith that I continue to tune in, and it is the reason I give you so much credibility. Yay for that!

[@braulionunez5942]

I'm a single dad, coming from a broken home as a kid. reading and researching have helped me to be a better father for my girl a lot, but to find someone like John and Ms. Poet was like the light at the end of the tunnel.

[@XxGAMERxWOLFxX]

your wife loves you and admires you so much, its such a beautiful thing to see the way she looks at you while you speak. i will do anything and everything in my power to have a love and a commitment like this.

[@terriesmith8219]

Right!! You can just tell how much his wife adores him simply by the way she look at him when he's talking. That proud look in her eyes. And who could blame her, I mean, just look at him. Lol They're both lucky to have each other but she's supper lucky to have him as he is a very rare man. I'm envious of her. Lol

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

I had a man I looked at like that. He left me. Love hurts sometimes.

[@markrobbins1018]

How refreshing to see a young couple doing what it takes to raise their children correctly, Mr. John I'm sure you realize that God gave you a rare gift for a wife, to have a woman who willingly and without any remorse instinctively sacrificed a career, etc in this day and age in order to raise your all's children is indeed a rarity. Awesome job both of you, maybe there is still hope for America yet.

[@Gottaculat]

Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), public schools don't like it when the cattle gain sentience and question where the rancher is leading the herd. I was actually just talking with my nephews yesterday on the drive back from football practice about guns and principles of personal defense. My younger nephew who's 10 was asking about my AR-15 I recently finished building, which is how the conversation started. He likes shooting and outdoorsy stuff like camping, fishing, and all that good stuff. My oldest nephew who's 13, however, asked in a very judgemental way, "Why do you have so many guns?" He sounded just like my brother, and I almost took offense to the question as I only have 3 guns, a pistol, a shotgun, and a rifle. We got into a discussion about aside from it being fun, my money, and my constitutional right, that guns are a good security tool in the event of home invasion, or for protection in the event of societal collapse be it war, economic collapse, natural disaster, anything that throws society into chaos as infrastructure crumbles. At which point, my younger nephew asked which gun would be best for such a scenario - a very astute lad indeed - and I told him it depends on the scenario, which is why I own different types of guns. He thought the rifle would be the best due to the range, precision, and mag capacity, and while I agree those are excellent lines of reasoning, I also told him that if there's one thing I've learned from playing DayZ, it's that when fear of death is the driving force behind people (the game makes dying incredibly undesirable, maybe more so than any game ever before), people tend to shoot on sight if they see you armed with a rifle (and especially military gear). I found that if you can conceal your rifle in a large enough backpack, or opt for an SBR/submachinegun or machine pistol that's easy to conceal, as well as dress more like a hunter or civilian, people are more likely to approach you with dialogue than with a hail of gunfire. So I told him a pistol or compact rifle would be ideal, though a shotgun is also extremely versatile. He ended up asking me to chose just one, and my response was to say, "that's like asking me to build a house, but I can only pick one tool to use for the whole project." I explained that there is no one gun to rule them all, and as tools, different guns serve different roles better than others. The whole time, my older nephew was quiet, and maybe it's because he's 13, but he seemed aloof and disinterested, despite him asking the initial question of why I have "so many" guns. The point of telling all this, is I can see a distinct difference between them. The older one is one of the socially "cool kids," and he doesn't really think critically often enough, which is typical of public schooled children. My younger nephew is actually very brilliant, always questioning, forming hypothesis, and testing to see if they hold up to scrutiny, but he's socially uncool and awkward, much like I was at his age. He also struggles in public schools, as he's a very energetic boy, and he loves masculine stuff like guns, bugs, fart jokes, playing soldier, etc., very much so like I was as a kid. Both he and I would get into trouble for questioning rules that seemed unjust or pointless, as well as challenging our teachers when we perceived the information being taught was more propaganda than factual. Independent thinkers are viewed by public schools as trouble makers, and try to placate us with drugs rather than hire competent teachers. I got in so much trouble in 7th grade because I knew grammar better than my teacher, and constantly corrected her. She'd get furious, and send me to the principle. Now, my grammar isn't perfect by any stretch, but compared to her, I was a grammar messiah. I'd mouth off to the principle, saying I'm not to blame, and accuse him of hiring incompetent staff (which implies he's incompetent as well). So yeah, public schools suck for promoting independent and critical thinkers, as well as doing what they can to isolate such people from the rest of the serial numbers.

[@gregshock]

Goattacular: I used to do that same thing with teachers, when I was in school, a long time ago; correct them, at times and ask questions they found difficult to answer. They did not like that.

[@zatoby6705]

This is some really good life advice

[@dafunkmonster]

My third grade teacher asked students to suggest words for some activity or other (might have been a handwriting exercise), and so I raised my hand and, when called upon, said "antidisestablishmentarianism". The teacher told me "that's not a word", and moved on to somebody else. I insisted it was a word, and offered to show her where it was listed in the dictionary. She told me to be quiet. Now that I think about it, this was a frequent occurrence. This instance is just the one that sticks out most in my mind.

[@cynthiaellis5716]

@@dafunkmonster I had a teacher who used that as one of our vocabulary words. We had to spell and define it. Teachers wouldn't do that now.

[@cynthiaellis5716]

I had trouble with teachers often. I was accused of cheating because I was the only one who got a perfect score listing European countries and their capitals. My family had recently moved back to the United States after my dad had been stationed in Germany.

[@teotwawki00]

Excellent video. I have a certain amount of guilt associated with this topic. My wife and I are both working parents and realized that it wasn't practical to homeschool our son. My wife works for the County School Board so we were able to get our son into the #1 top rated Charter School starting at Pre-K. He is now in 11th grade and I have to say that this school has done an amazing job helping to create a critical thinker and an inspired young man. However, I would have to say that WE as parents are largely responsible. My son and I have spirited debates and he is a master. We shoot together and spend a lot of time talking about life and spiritual matters. My best friend's wife has homeschooled his 2 boys and finally his oldest boy has started attending public high school at the 10th grade level. He tested way above the norm in his entrance examination and is doing well. He felt like he needed more exposure to the social side of public school. He's in Northern Georgia so the schools are pretty good. I'm glad you did this video to discuss this topic. We have tried our best under the circumstances to raise a good young man. I guess the bottom line is that it depends on the school system you have in your community and level of parental involvement. Be blessed and stay blessed. 😇👍

[@MatthewVillalobos]

You should feel 0 guilt. School's are tools for parents to use as a supplement to the education they're providing their kids. Studies show that time and time again, 60% of student outcomes are decided by factors OUTSIDE of school. Time spent reading with parents, etc. Students suffer when parents abdicate their responsibility to raise their kids to schools. That means those kids are only getting 30% of what they need and schools get blamed for a result caused by bad home life conditions. I'd argue that your kids have stronger minds now than if you had homeschooled because you engaged their minds in thoughtful discourse and they got real practice engaging their minds against different worldviews that homeschoolers *intentionally* do not receive. For all the fear of "indoctrination" at public schools, homeschooling has far more hallmarks of indoctrination than public schools have ever had. Your results speak volumes about the decisions you made. Good job.

[@bdarensb]

My wife and I are walking that road now with homeschooling our oldest in kindergarten, and I have had a lot of the exact same thoughts before and after the decision to do homeschool. Thanks for sharing, y'all are doing a great job! SUBSCRIBED!

[@tylerrohn6938]

List of home schooled persons, to name just a few Alexander the Great - Greek Ruler • John Barry - Senior Navy Officer • Stonewall Jackson - Civil War General • John Paul Jones - Father of the American Navy • Robert E. Lee - Civil War General • Douglas MacArthur - U.S. General • George Patton - U.S. General • Matthew Perry - naval officer who opened up trade with Japan • John Pershing - U.S. General • David Dixon Porter - Civil War Admiral U.S. Supreme Court Judges • John Jay • John Marshall • John Rutledge • Sandra Day O’Connor

[@mrspoet9907]

Quite the accomplished persons, thanks Shannon

[@segrientboar5954]

@@mrspoet9907 We should add Albert Einstein to the list of homeschooled high achievers. His family didn't choose it through, school sent him home pronouncing him unteachable and an imbecile.

[@kennethwedig6091]

John and Mrs. Poet, Love, love, love everything about your channel. My wife and I made the scary jump to home schooling nearly 20 yrs ago. We were positively influenced by John Rosemond's books too. You seem to be on a parallel path to the one we took. We read probably 15-20 books a day to our kids when they were young. Both my kids went to a highly selective liberal arts college (fortunately they withstood the far left campus lunacy). My son double majored in philosophy and physics, magna cum laude and phi beta kappa, and graduates from Cambridge with a master of philosophy next month. My daughter graduated cum laude with a biology degree on her way to vet school. Home schoolers rock!

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

Outstanding! Job well done, on this topic. You both have essentially captured the major aspects on educating children with ideals, values, and morals, with which you'd like for them to be raised with. Excellent breakdown on the various plans for parents to try and use, to better fit their children into, and on the support programs that can be utilized, for patents, who are seeking alternatives to the failures of public education. Every parent should see this video. Great video!

[@blackbeartacticaldefense9639]

Yall are awesome! We were in a very similar situation and pulled our kids out in 4th grade and began homeschooling. Best decision we ever made, and they graduate in May of this year! Thank you both for all you do! God bless you guys!!

[@yesenia3816]

I relate. When the pandemic began this year, I was at a bit of a loss of what we were going to do during the shutdown. My sister was confused because we are homeschoolers. She thought the stay at home orders should not have any effect on our homeschool. However, I had not realized how much we were doing outside of the house: field trips with other families, museums, the zoo, the mountains, educational family vacations throughout the normal school year. Now, I am wondering if I was packing on too much outside of our home. P.S. I was taught to hate Caucasians in public school. With the 1619 project about to implement in our public schools, I will not be sending my kids back to public schools.

[@knuzetta4949]

So happy to see this. We have a 5 day old boy and this is probably one of the biggest questions we are having for our boys future. Lots of great information. God bless.

[@GoodSchooling]

CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby!

[@WHOTEEWHO]

Thanks for the video. We are considering home schooling our kids

[@GoodSchooling]

Hey there y'all! It's so awesome that you're considering homeschool for your kids.

[@randomtvninja]

Never been this early to a WPS video woooo let's go! Best meme: homeschool high five *high-five self* ms.poet has the mom jokes

[@Spazzycat14]

Its a homeschool joke. We all thoight we came up with it too.

[@STryon5545]

I actually snorted out my sip of BRCC when Mrs. Poet did that. It's a rare thing to see others who know that phrase, LOL.

[@mrspoet9907]

oh there's so many more mom jokes where that came from

[@BrianThomas-nh4dc]

Keep up the good work. We are homeschool veterans, all 3 children are now functioning adults. It is worth the journey.

[@chasebolyard1962]

This is hands down, my new favorite KZbin channel. I love that you are so diverse in what you talk about, your wife and your family are a big part of the channel, you talk openly and candidly about faith and Christ, your thoughts, your beliefs but always reiterate that they are YOUR thoughts and beliefs and you after perfectly ok if someone doesn't agree, because nobody should have to agree if they truly feel differently than you do. Mr. Lovell you are an inspiration and a shining example of the man I strive to be, and would like to become. Thank you for your candidness, your truthfulness, and for the dad jokes and puns also.

[@adamb2619]

Another valuable point......the Parent is also learning With the Child

[@mrspoet9907]

I love this aspect for sure

[@ethanstang9941]

That would be key

[@caroloswald1652]

We call it "redeeming our education" I have learned so much more now that I have worked through it again with my kids.

[@ethanstang9941]

@@caroloswald1652 your heart and mind has to be in this, I've meet kids who were home schooled who had terrible education where they cant write their own name or were in college getting an awesome degree. Then again I didn't get the right education in public schooling.

[@Crushin_Libs]

This is so cool to see the positive response in the comments on this video. My wife and I are working towards the same and have been told the same things over and over that you touched on this video. "Homeschooled kids are going to be weird....You're going to have close-minded individuals in the end....." Crush the falsified lies against homeschooling, Lovell family. This is a great decision you've made.

[@WallyMerc06]

Man I would write a paragraph of a comment on this one, but I'm just going to say thanks for the video guys. Spot on.

[@Markwf45]

This video is one of the reasons that I recently became a Patron of the WPS. Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with home schooling.

[@TrickyRicky006]

I’ve thought in public schools for 15 years...there are a LOT of socially awkward kids. 🤔

[@mrspoet9907]

Right.

[@Teshelle18]

You’ve TAUGHT in public schools or THOUGHT in public schools .... for 15 years🧐 bc...😳

[@Anonymous-dr8qn]

Socially awkward and shamed and bullied. It’s endless. My 6 year old granddaughter was having issues with her body. I told her she’s a curvy girl and be proud of it. 6 years old!

[@epauletshark3793]

Public schools made me socially awkward. I was in a military family, and we moved a good bit. I found it incredibly hard to make friends, especially once I went to middle school in Georgia (wonderful state to live in). It was a hotbed for rude and immoral kids. There was a maximum of 3 people who were members of my church. I felt incredibly alone, and only had one friend. When my family moved back to Utah, I was still super closed off, and still am. Moving definitely harmed my social skills, but so did a crappy school system.

[@dmurph1320]

Try getting involved more at church, now that Covid lockdowns are hopefully over. Be the one who steps forward and invites, welcomes people, even if it’s hard. (I’m naturally shy, so I understand.) You can overcome the negatives. But yeah-I agree our current school system is a mess & total failure.

[@jonvanwyk2026]

Not all public schools are bad, just as not all private schools are good. Homeschooling may be the right choice for some families, and not others. There is never a "one size fits all" answer to the best way to educate our children, but whatever path is taken, parental involvement is key. We live in a small town in Iowa that has a middle school and high school that is ranked #1 in our state. We went to a band/choir concert recently and they opened with prayer...at a public school...and no one melted and nothing exploded. Cheers!

[@shaneusry589]

"Parental involvement is key"..... most important sentence written!...& the LEAST common action!

[@AtomHeartMother68]

100% agree... some parents approach the notion of home schooling in a effort to shield their children from undesirable outcomes. This is a very bad thing. Their choice, just be sure you're doing it for the right reasons. You have to be willing to be tough on your children when needed to instill discipline which will be greatly needed later in life. You have to ensure they still experience social interaction or they may have a really hard time when they get thrown into the deep end of the pool in adulthood.

[@mrspoet9907]

Agreed, Jon. Thanks for following.

[@joshuasmith8433]

Agreed, my wife was homeschooled and it was an educational trainwreck. Their homeschool curriculum was the gateway to a cult basically. Everyone has to judge their own public school. We choose to public school and he extremely active in the school. Be salt and light to all the kids, not just our own.

[@randyfinfrock143]

Perfectly said. You guys are such a great example of awesome parents, each fulling a vital role to create a thriving family. Nicely done.

[@freedomessentials7321]

Man, I could comment for days on this video. John, don’t sell yourself short on the homeschool teacher label. Your kids are learning just as much from you as they are Mrs Poet. Like I said in a previous post we homeschool our 2 boys. 20 months ago we rented out our house in Ventura Ca and hit the road in a 40 ft RV. Because of homeschooling (and a business that is location independent) we are able to show our boys America first hand. No National or State Park goes unexplored. We just spent time in Virginia City NV and what my boys thought was just us having fun was them learning about American history. They have friends all over the country now and we stop often in places where they hang out with their buddies. It isn’t always easy (our dog died yesterday 😢) but it’s usually fun and we all thrive on new experiences. We won’t do this forever but as long as we’re all in the same page and still loving it, we’ll keep going. Great job on your decision to homeschool your boys, it’s such a gift.

[@ZJberg006]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this video!!!! I am one of those early homeschool Mom's you were talking about from the 80's! My son went to school for kindergarten, 1st and halfway through 2nd grade and I was already getting the "talk" about how it's hard for him to sit still and be quiet and I began thinking that one day they were going to begin "encouraging" me to put him on Ritalin!!! I began feeling so strongly that my Heavenly Father desired me greatly to begin homeschooling and I didn't really even know what that was and certainly didn't know where to begin! Then I heard the term from someone else from Church and so she and I went into it together. There was not much available back in that day, but I came across a book by Charlotte Mason and between that and other authors I studied back then, I began doing Unit Studies with my children and LOVED EVERY MOMENT of that!! We read and read like y'all were talking about and each book became our Unit Study! We would read a chapter from the book out loud each day, often taking turns, then whatever location the book took place became our geography, we would use words from the book for spelling, we would study the animals in that location for our science, the older ones wrote a book report about the book, and also had more in depth study about the author and and doing biographies while the little ones drew pictures and we acted out scenes, anything I could think of to do around the subject to do, we did! It was such an inspiring time for me and I miss those busy, crazy and amazingly wonderful days!!!! Thank you for sharing this video! I hope more parents feel inspired by what y'all are doing, even working parents who can't homeschool their children can still get more involved with their children by turning off the TV in the evenings and provide the beauty, Joy and wonder of reading out loud together with their children. Reading books together out loud with your children will create unbreakable bonds with them as you laugh together, discuss the problems each book takes you through and I will never forget crying together as we read the end of the Last of the Mohicans! REJOICE in the very PRECIOUS moments you have with your children while the are under your wings, for those moments fly by way too quickly, for they will never be little again!

[@mrspoet9907]

Fantastic! You played a huge role in sAving your son I love that. Thanks for following!

[@samuelparra1510]

I’m in tears. Literally, I agree!! My 5 year old got the wiggles cause he wants to play, and do what he wants to do, and learn things that he wants and is curious about. I’m astonished how much he is intrigued with planet systems, knows engineering concepts, all the trains in the world and concepts that I myself learned at a later time as a young teenager. His freedom of learning through KZbin has opened his little eyes. I’m thinking that our education should be modified and enhanced to Meet the Needs of our Children at their Level of Interest!! There , I feel better getting this off my chest.

[@bethanyniermeyer2177]

SO happy to see this from you guys! I just pulled my son out of public school after 4 years. Super anxious but man I just can't do it anymore, especially since hes special needs

[@mrspoet9907]

Cheering you on Bethany.

[@GoodSchooling]

YOU CAN DO IT!

[@DamianBloodstone]

I was homeschooled from 7th grade (from a private Christian school) on by a correspondence school (due to VA laws in the early 80's). I can't say it wasn't harder than traditional schooling, but I was doing college work in 8th grade. I was one of those "weird" introvert kids. I was picked on and a social outcast at school, but the work never challenged me. However, I also couldn't take the stress of school and social clicks. I learned things I never would have in traditional schools and gained more than I ever thought. I applaud you for doing this with your kids. Just remember, if they excel in a subject let them go as far as possible into it. Take Care and Stay Safe to your and your family. (I enjoyed her being on with you.)

[@WeaponsJunkie]

Great job guys! My son is currently in a Christian School I monitor his journey pretty close. I love the idea of homeschooling!

[@shaneusry589]

Jody, @weapons junkie, you won't regret it!

[@stuartwakeling1450]

Have lived in England, Canada and now the US (Georgia). Just started following the channel to learn from John but didn’t envision it would cross over and influence other parts of my life. My kids are in the public school system but we are now evaluating options due to COVID-19. Perfect timing, thank you.

[@MrBostechman]

This was a great video. My wife and have homeschooled our three daughters (now 15, 13, and 13) their entire lives. We grew up in MA which was big on public education. My father was a teacher, but he was very supportive of homeschooling. We moved to Central FL which has a HUGE homeschooling community. The benefits of being homeschooled do more than just prepare kids for life. They teach them to be confident, compassionate, people. People who grow up to be adults with strong leadership skills, honor, integrity, and strong moral character. There are good public schools out there but unfortunately as teachers continue to be underpaid, undervalued, and laid-off, the amount of attention a child needs gets overlooked. There are also great teachers out there. Phenomenal ones. But the choice to homeschool isn’t for everyone and it’s a huge commitment. I applaud you both for taking that on. Your channel continues to be a great source of information across the board. Keep it up!