Craig Smith of the Home Education Foundation and face behind the Home Education Q&A channel introduces himself. A participator in the home education movement for over 30 years, Craig was a pioneer and leader in the movement in New Zealand. He was the husband of Barbara and father to four natural, three adopted and one permanently fostered child under a guardianship arrangement and six grandchildren. His youngest child was born in 2005 so he planned to be in the game for many more years to come. He was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer 4 August 2011 and went to glory 30 September 2011. To find out more about home educating: https://hef.org.nz To find out about Craig’s fight with cancer: https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/
Recorded 5 September 2011
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Q & A with Craig Smith recorded 5 September 2011
- Why should I read Rushdoony? Parts 1-3
- Training a child in the way they should go
- Book: Calvin’s Institutes
- What is the most fulfilling adventure?
- Book: Emotional Purity
- Book: So Much More
- Book: I Kissed Dating Goodbye
- Book: Biblical Economics
- Book: Christian Modesty
- Book: Training Our Children
- Book: Preparing for an ERO Review
- Book: Sanctifying Our Sons and Our Daughters
- Book: 15 Things Every Father Must Do With His Sons
- Book: Negotiating the Curriculum Maze
- Book: Your Worldview Has Implications
- Book: Applying for an Exemption to Educate at Home
- Book: The Evidence of the Superiority of Home Education Over Conventional Schooling
- Book: An Introduction to Home Education in New Zealand
- Book: The Christian Imperative
- Book: The Duties of Parents
- Book: The Timechart History of the World
- Book: Spiritual Disciplines
- Book: Better Late Than Early
- Authors: Douglas and Nancy Wilson – Reforming Marriage and The Fruit of her Hands
- What other topics are home educators investigating?
- Book: The Underground History of American Education
- Book: The Harsh Truth About Public Schools
- Book: Understanding the Times
- How will my children turn out?
- How will I know my children have learned enough?
- Should we have a graduation ceremony and life after home schooling
- If I home educate my children will miss out on prom!
- How can I prepare my children for tertiary education?
- How can I prepare my children for the workforce?
- How do I fill out my exemption form?