This is our regular feature on this blog called Go Ask Dad. This is a place where people can ask us any question within reason, and I, sheshe, or one ofthe kids will attempt to answer it.
Many people often wonder how we do what we do, with eleven kids, homeschooling and most of them coming from different countries. If you are one of those, here is your chance to ask. We try to always remind others that it is all by God's grace, but still He has taught us things that might be helpful to you as you attempt one or more of the things we do. So if you have always wondered how a big family operates, or how you adopt a child from oversees, or how you homeschool kids who speak five different languages only one of which you speak, then go ahead and ask.
Also some of the kids have agreed to answer questions. So feel free to ask them questions, though please refrain from asking personal questions about their background.
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Do your children use the names given to them by their birth parents? If not, did you decide with the child their names?
If they had been very young, would you have handled this differently?
Our general philosophy has been to pick out a Biblical name and then give them the choice whether to use their given name or their new name. All of ours have chosen to keep their given name and put their new name as their middle name. One decided later to take a new name.
We have also know families where the child wanted a new name to go along with their new life.
For little ones we would probably just give them a new name.
Thanks, Dad
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