"One reason for the loss of family life today, I believe, is the incessant emphasis on dividing ages into tight categories. There are the kindergarten group, the juniors, the intermediates, the seniors, the young business people, the young married ones, the older married couples, and the 'senior citizens'. There are high school groups, college groups, university groups, and professional groups; everyone segregated from everyone else who is not the same age, and often of the same occupation. This seeps into the family unit, too, so that people just do not expect to enjoy each other or really communicate unless they are exactly the same age. The family should be the place where an opposite trend is begun." (The Hidden Art, pg. 201-202)
"There is no real possibility of an integration that is true and meaningful in the total sense unless it is based on the inner integration which God has made possible through the Second Person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ. He died so that man might move out of his 'segregated' position, segregated from Go0d, from other men, and even from himself in so many aspects, into a true integration. This true integration comes only when man is integrated with the Trinity. "(204)
Couldn't have said it better myself... Though, I do see a huge argument for homeschooling right here. :-)
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