PrincipledMom™

Yes, I'll get to the upper grades too, but I wanted to talk a bit about the material in his Guide that will make you say, "Wow! I didn't know that was in there! That's very good to know." Well, maybe something close to that anyway.

"Some Questions Answered" (p. 80-83) gives helpful answers to common PA concerns in a nutshell. He briefly addresses questions like, "Why the emphasis on American history?" and,

"We need a prepackaged program to implement this," and, "Do I have to teach one of the seven principles all the time?"

"Part II: Education for the American Christian Home" (p. 85) is a practical synopsis of applying the Biblical Principal Approach to the home. Mr. Rose and his wife Barbara talk about their PA home, including almost any subject you'd want to see principles applied to. "Developing America's Christian Character,""The Seven Principles Illustrated in the Home" (good stuff) and"A Personal Application of This Approach in Training Children" (I LOVE thispart!) are the three subheadings here. The third part (beginning on p. 97) addresses PA thinking applied to everyday life:
discipline
money issues
voluntary consent and private property (aka sharing)
voluntary union
home government
a home constitution
Christian self-government
corporal punishment
manners
Sabbath
activities and free time
and more...

This will answer just about any question you have about what a PA home looks like. This whole part of the book will excite you because it shows PA, not in a classroom, but in a home. And it reveals how PA shapes your thinking and affects how your govern your family. I can really appreciate the practical insight because they aren't talking "pie in the sky" intellectual mumbo jumbo. They speak simply, from a humble heart, about how PA worked in their family. Now I can see how "How the Seed of Local Self-Government is Planted" (p. 95) can apply to my family. Right now. Today.

For me it's great to learn about these principles and how they apply to the world around me and to America. But to see how it applies to me and my little chicks brings PA to a whole new level for me. And that's what it's all about: bringing PA home to change my own world, so that I can go out from here and change the outside world.

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