home-schooling......

ok, so as my child is on the phone with courtney, all the while watching the stormtracker map.......they both seem so expecting of a tornado that i fear utter disappointment if none whips up soon........as for me i have spent numerous moments during my day pondering the tragic death in penn. of the parents of the 14-year-old girl whose boyfriend shot them both and then took off with the daughter...only to crash into a tree in indiana......and the part of the saga that has captured my attention is the detail about homeschooling....both are from devout families who opted for homeschooling.........omg....literally.......the gist of online articles that quote their blogs lead one to think that the term biblical relations had come into play.....and that the girl was upset that the boy might be arrested.....and so it goes.......2 dead parents....and 2 additional wrecked lives......and the notion that homeschooling one's children could keep them safe from the world?........certainly not from hormones.......or from firearms.......or a car and a cashcard to buy gas.......and was the boyfriend crazed, or the girlfriend in on it?.....or does it matter?.......it is only illusion that parents can shield their children.......even when parents have the best intentions or the holiest of friends/neighbors.......as the teacher said in ecclesiastes.....there is nothing new under the sun..........all we can do is our best as parents given our circumstances.......but after the cord is cut it appears that our level of control is cursory at best............