Why not to send your child to school: Protecting children from school abuse

Many parents think it is necessary to send their children to school, and don't think twice about it. Most American parents send their children to school thinking being drilled and graded is the only way that they will learn. However, only in recent history has school been mandatory for children to attend. Even then, most states allow for homeschooling.

The Bible calls on parents to protect their children from child abuse, including school abuse. Most adults who are teachers are abusive towards schoolchildren. The main indicator of an abuser amongst teachers is children calling said teacher a "mean teacher". My mother is a teacher, and if any student of hers called her "mean", I would gladly read her the riot act. Punishment of children is prohibited in the Bible, with instruction then being based off of the child's natural curiosity. See Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and was understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive measures in dealing with children, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor towards children. This commandment lifts up the Eighth and Tenth Commandments, and clarifies that the Ten Commandments are intended to protect children as well as adults.

The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the instruction of the Lord. Most children learned how to read and write in the Early Church using a Bible. Most children taught themselves how to read using the Bible that was afforded to them. The upper classes in Greco-Roman society did send their children to school. But, the Early Christians did not send their children to school, both because most Christians then were dirt poor, and because Christian parents then wanted to protect their children from being punished and abused by their teachers.

I myself am a survivor of both law-abiding parents and the adults that they extended to me by sending me to school. Most of my teachers I would rate as "mean". The few teachers that I would call "nice" turned out to be gentle parents in their personal lives. I learned very few things in school, and learned most of what I know through my own curiosity. I am hyperlexic, and taught myself how to read around age 2. I was repeatedly suspended from school for things that were clearly a manifestation of my bipolar disorder. 

There is no humane way to regulate the student body of a school. Most schools opt for punitive measures when seeking to regulate the school population of an individual school, such as detentions or suspensions, which violate a child's right to not be abused by adults. The best teachers that I had used discipline referrals only to cover their rear end.

What if you have to send your child to school? Not all parents can afford to homeschool their children. Talk to your child about their day at school, but ONLY if they want the topic brought up. If your child says a teacher is "mean", be there as the nice adult who reassures them. When a child has an IEP, fight for your child not to be suspended by the school authorities. Know that if you choose to send your child to school, you may have to clean up a mess later, meaning a child with a broken spirit who resents their mean teachers.

I myself have an adult trauma, meaning I was abused by adults claiming authority over me as a child. Thus, as an adult myself, I know to atone for all of the ways I have wronged and abused a child. Most adults have something to atone for, including teachers. I myself would not choose to be a teacher as a career choice due to moral reasons pertaining to my Christian faith. I also know from trauma experience that any adult is capable of abusing a child, including even myself. I suspect all adults of abusing a child in any way possible, but only judge adults once I have every reason to believe, and no reason to doubt, the guilt and entitlement of an adult. If you call yourself an adult except to atone - in a way I can discern - you immediately are presumed guilty until proven innocent, beyond a reasonable doubt. My trauma is guided by my righteous judgment as a Christian. If a child calls an adult "mean", I count that as an offense against the adult that the child is judging. I am ANGRY at other adults for how they treat children, and I also atone for my own adult guilt based on my choice to abuse and wrong a child. But, I know to hold back my anger until I can prove guilt in an adult, beyond a reasonable doubt, with doubting suspicion. I am especially ANGRY at parents. My Hell statement is my trauma, and my trauma is my Hell statement.

The depraved and entitled adults who punish children within the context of a school will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!