Children are persons needing education

02/25/19 • 12 min

Simply Convivial: Biblical Homemaking, Homeschooling & Mom Life—Without Burnout

Children are not born either good or bad, but with possibilities for good and for evil; therefore, our duty is to encourage the good traits and discourage the bad.

Children are not born either good or bad, but with possibilities for good and for evil; therefore, our duty is to encourage the good traits and discourage the bad.

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Children are born persons

Children are born as image-bearers of God, yet also subject to sin. They are not blank slates. They are not malleable, shapeless lumps of clay. They are not mere animals. They are not angels. They are people, persons, individuals, from the beginning. They are made in the divine image and are not made to be simply fodder for the economy.

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Homemaking requires hospitality.

Pull out the glasses, set the table, time to get ready for company.

Ever noticed that funny feeling where you turn on a different persona, a different ability to handle life, at least momentarily, when you open the door or answer the phone?

It shows us our actual ability to exhibit self-control.

Too often, our tone and tactics with our kids do not.

When we jump on them, pester and harp, then switch it off immediately if someone walks in the door, we’ve got a clue – there’s a problem.