Raising (and Educating) Boys and Girls

About this episode

Michael Clary and Wade Thomas discuss the importance of raising and educating boys and girls in distinctly masculine and feminine ways.

Michael Clary and Wade Thomas of Christ the King Church in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, discuss raising and educating boys and girls in distinctly masculine and feminine ways, tied to an upcoming free Saturday seminar on “Gendered education, raising Boys to be Boys and Girls to be Girls.” They argue that moving from public school to homeschool or Christian school is not automatically a solution, because the home must intentionally cultivate masculine and feminine virtues rather than producing an androgynous outcome. Wade describes a concern that some conservative homeschool and classical Christian settings raise boys and girls toward identical goals—often modeled on high-achieving professional outcomes—rather than toward differentiated male and female callings.They contend that even without explicit ideology, conservative Christian homes can unintentionally absorb modern assumptions (e.g., career-first aspirations for girls, reluctance about early marriage), leading to husbands and wives whose daily lives are largely indistinguishable. The episode closes by encouraging listeners to read and trust the Bible’s vision of manhood and womanhood and to intentionally point boys and girls…

People in this episode

Guests: Michael Clary, Wade Thomas

Topics covered

• gendered education
• raising boys and girls
• homeschooling
• Christian education
• masculine and feminine virtues
• androgyny in education

Keywords

• gender education
• homeschooling
• Christian schooling
• masculine virtues
• feminine virtues
• androgyny
• conservative Christian homes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christ the King Church

Places: Fort Thomas, Kentucky

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