These are excerpts from speeches written by the girls in the co-op organized by Tammy White and Teri Emerson.

... God said train up your child in the way he should go. God gave you your child, because He knows you are capable and perfect to meet your child’s needs. And if God has called you to, you are perfect to teach your child. If you teach your child you have control over their influences, you pick out what they learn, and what would be best for them. You can teach them home skills that will prepare them for the future. They will have a better education if you want them to, because you are their teacher. Your kids also feel loved when you make this sacrifice to teach them. You spend more time with your kids and in the process you prevent problems that would normally occur because they felt like no one cares about them or loves them. The truth is you will know your kids better and develop a deeper relationship with them. It is a more valuable alternative in the long run if God has called you in that direction."

... These days full time homemakers are under estimated for their hard work. They cook clean wash and take care of the family, all day every day. They wake up and start their chores no matter what the circumstances. They work hard to satisfy the family and in the end they usually don't get what their worth, just like in the Proverbs 31:10 verse where her price is far above rubies.

In some cases, people think the life of a full time homemaker is an easy laid back life. Where as an actual paying job is a lot harder. But as all homemakers would know it's hard work day and night. Now, if those people could switch lives with a full time homemaker for 24 hours then maybe they would see it's not so easy. I think today's homemaker is not at all valued enough for her work."

... I don't understand why more moms don't stay home more because stuff like that is happening everyday. In the Bible it says, "that the mother should take care of her children and they will call her blessed," but she can't do that if she is at work all day long. I think that a mom should always have a close relationship with her kids. I was in public school once and I hardly ever got to see my mom. We now have a closer relationship and we talk about "girl stuff" which I didn't feel right about talking about when we didn't have a close relationship. If you do put your child with a caregiver then you need to make sure you trust him/her. It also says in Proverbs 31, "that the wife should speak wisdom from her mouth to her family," and she can't do that when she is at work.

... This assignment was difficult for me because my mom has never really worked outside of the house. I think one of the most valuable aspects for me is being able to stay home and be home schooled, versus being in the environment of the public schools these days. When my brother and I were in public schools we were sick all the time. Now that we are home schooled we do not get sick near as much. This is a way that we save money.

Also I always know I have someone to talk to when something comes up and I need them. I never have to go home from school and find no one there to help me with homework.

... The value of a full-time homemaker in today's family is worth over a million dollars, according to a study done in Virginia by Edelman Financial Services. I agree that she is very valuable. Without a full-time mother, your home would be a very different place. There would be no one to talk to, to be there when you got hurt, no one to help you with your homework, no one to take you places when you need to go and no one to cook or wash your clothes. That is what the value of a full-time homemaker means to me."