Homeschool conferences are basically just parenting conference but a whole lot more. We care deeply about our children and we want to be the best parents as God intended. One of the best ways we can be a good parent is to instruct our children at all times. Homeschooling conferences encourage that.
The 2010 Wichita homeschool conference once again provided encouragement to parents in the Wichita area. It was my second year to attend the full conference and I must say it was just as good as last year. There are three things I really like about homeschool conferences.
- Books and cirriculum
- Learning from the experience from others
- Help from others (The best cirriculum advice has come from friends who have used the cirriculum)
I love the learning part. The real truth is that some of us who are homeschooling get the chance to learn what we didn’t learn in at school. I know I have always been bad at spelling but through the opportunity of training my kids I also have the chance to learn how to spell better.
Doug Phillips from Vision forum was the main keynote speaker. I enjoyed his talks and I thought it was much more motivating to hear him in person. Overall the main theme seemed to be:
We need to show the contrast of thinking of children as a blessing vs how the world sees families.
For Fathers he had a special challenge
We must be disciplined as the leader I our home. We need to see the victory of God. We need to lay down our lives for our family.
One of the quotes I liked was from his father.
“Leaders are readers”
This is so true. Just look at great leaders even of our day. Are they up on all the latest tv shows? Not usually but they are reading. Business leaders always seem to be up on the latest management books. Experts become experts by reading.
Other notes I thought were important:
We are in a war against the culture who do not see the Blessings of children.
“Do you see the future victory of God through your children?”
“Do you see your children as a source of light and joy?” The world does not see them as this, but the Bible does.
We need to show love to our children by our actions.
You can see the entry on Doug’s Blog.
To find information on Next years Wichita TPA homeschooling conference be sure to watch the tpa web page. http://www.wichitahomeschool.org/
Next year – Voddie Baucham. http://teachingparents.org/images/uploads/Voddie_BP.pdf
