Group learning can be exciting, and sometimes so much so that it
encroaches too much into the home life of the members and leaders.
Determine up front what limitations you will have on your time and put a
cap on your group involvement.
Group experiences should be an extension
of the needs, desires and goals of the family.
For
example, you may
want a particular person to speak to and meet your daughter.
You know
it
is not likely for that person to agree to give a dynamite presentation
to your daughter alone, or for your daughter to be willing to sit
appreciatively and listen to a powerful presentation given just
for her.
She would feel uncomfortable, and not be likely to change her
life as a result of that presentation.
But if you started an
organization, and invited the presenter to speak to a group of seventy
youth (your daughter being in the audience), then she would have the
benefits and her life may change as a result.
How many tremendous
presenters and great statesmen in your community could you get to speak
to your daughter in this fashion?
~Diann Jeppson, A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion, p. 123
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