From Anne-Marie Power.

You have a number of options. But none will give you all that you want.

I have been homeschooling my nine children. We placed our second oldest in a Catholic high school this past year in grade 10. I was not pleased in the least with what she received in religion or guidance. We prayed about this decision for two years before making the move. It is not, humanly speaking, the best place for her. However, we feel that God wanted her there for various reasons. So we go with the idea that God will make good of all the "bad stuff" that she encounters and make her a better person.

These are the options:

(1) Decline the classes, but this will also deny your child his or her High School Diploma. This is okay though. Universities and colleges will accept homeschoolers without diplomas. You may just have to go through the back door, so to speak, to access post-secondary education.

(2) Homeschool, if it is a viable option.

(3) Keep your child in the classes and teach them their religion at home. Seeing what the world really offers and then being able to discuss it at home can actually be a better education for them because they begin to see that what the world wants them to believe is very contrary to our beliefs.

When we were deciding whether our daughter should go to school or not we made a novena to Our Lady of Good Remedy. Prayer is very useful when our human power is limited.

Mississauga, ON