The Education of My Daughters

My daughters are being educated. They go to school, get good grades, they can read and write and do math. Is that enough? They will go through public education, and possibly higher education, and by the worlds standards they will be “well educated”. Is that enough; is a good college education enough? It is highly valued, highly esteemed, and highly sought after, but is it enough? Is it even the best? We know what the world values, but what does God value? What type of education would he have us give to our daughters? I know the Lord Values education, he wants us to be well educated, and it is a good thing…but is it the best? Our daughters need to be educated in the art of keeping a home. Our schools have been washed clean of any gender specific instruction. They no longer teach our girls how to cook, clean and sew. I think that is entirely up to me. I need to teach my daughters how to be a wife and mother. It is so much easier to shoo them away when I am cooking, I am quicker and much more efficient on my own, but how does that teach my girls? It doesn’t. I think it is important that they know the basics, they need to be able to cook from scratch (it is cheaper and healthier) they need to be able to clean, organize, care for children and do basic sewing. They need to be able to run a home. They need to be able to make a home. They need to understand that no matter what the “world” says the womanly art of homemaking is a valuable and precious skill. They will learn these things at my side. They will not only learn the mechanics of these skills, they will learn to love them, and value them, and they will learn the importance of these skills. This means I need to take a deep breath, be patient, and dig deep on those trying days. I need to remember the big picture.