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Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: Real Life Subjects: What Your Family Does Ordinarily That Teaches Your Child an Abundance of Lessons

As homeschooling families we have an opportunity to reach parts of our children’s lives that are missed during public school hours. What are some of the ‘life lessons’ that come naturally within the walls of your home?

In our house some of the most important lessons revolve in how we demonstrate our love for others. One of the major lessons being servanthood. If the kids leave learning nothing else we hope that they gain insight on respect for their elders, and on a broader scale, our community. My husband and I choose to be ‘living examples’ for them. This includes being kind and respectful to our neighbors, to the teenager running the drive-thru window, and to people that have frustrated us. This last one is most important in my mind as I have seen teachers being ripped apart by parents in front of their kids, cashiers being degraded by adults who know the person has no power to change their situation, volunteer coaches who have lost the love for the game because of the unfair demands placed on them each week. I have witnessed these kids standing next to their parents. They absorb it all. My husband and I never wanted to be those parents. How could we teach them properly without demonstrating the actions ourselves? How could we teach them the love of Jesus and not participate? I believe that by taking the extra effort to make sure that our kids see us give up a chair for an elderly person who joins a group, bring a meal to a sick mother, and any other number of things that demonstrate servanthood that they will grow up with servant’s hearts.

What does your family do that teaches many lessons? I immediately thought of servanthood, but there are so many things that homeschooling gives us the freedom to teach. What are your lessons?

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