General Counsel for HSLDA, President of Patrick Henry College","Michael Farris is HSLDA's Chairman of the Board and General Counsel. He founded HSLDA in 1983 and served as president through 2000. Education Week named Mike one of the most significant ""100 Faces of a Century,"" and credited him with helping to move home education ""out of the shadows and pushing states to codify parents' right to teach their children themselves.""

In September 2000, Farris was inaugurated as the first President of Patrick Henry College, the only college in America with a home schooled majority in the student body. PHC is a Christian college blending classical instruction with apprenticeship methodology.

Farris is a constitutional lawyer, a published author of six non-fiction works and three novels, an ordained minister, and a leading pro-family activist on Capitol Hill. He and his wife Vickie were married in 1971. They have ten children, six grandchildren, and have been home schooling since 1982. 

Michael P. Farris Presentations
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Battle for Your Right to Home School

How to Protect Your Family from CPS

Restoring American Values

Home Schooling Large Families

Home Schooling Fathers

Real Life Courtship

The Spiritual Power of a Mother

Teaching Your Children the Constitution

Introducing Patrick Henry College

Battle for Your Right to Home School

Mike Farris relates some of his personal “war stories” from fighting for home schooling freedoms during the past 20 years. He also discusses the question, “If it’s legal in all 50 states, why are there still problems?”
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How to Protect Your Family from CPS

Mike Farris tells the stories and experiences of numerous families who have successfully fought for their constitutional rights during Child Protective Service investigations.
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Restoring American Values

Mike Farris discusses how America’s principles of morality, liberty, and self-government are under attack and ways that we can restore these three essential values.
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Home Schooling Large Families

Mike shares what he and his wife have learned through home schooling 10 children for the past 20 years.
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Home Schooling Fathers

Even busy executives with 10 children like Mike can and should take part in home schooling—not just in teaching, but in supporting their wives.
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Real Life Courtship

Mike shares the biblical vision for courtship, its value over traditional dating, plus what he has learned through the experience of his three oldest daughters’ courtships and marriages
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The Spiritual Power of a Mother

Have you ever wondered how Samuel could remember the prayer of his mother when she sent him off to be trained by Eli? Hannah is just one example of a mother who dramatically impacted the life of her child by her prayer, her protection, her instruction, and her overcoming spirit. These uplifting stories should encourage all parents—but especially mothers—as we sacrifice to home school our children.
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Teaching Your Children the Constitution

Mike discusses the importance of knowing the content and purpose of the founding documents of our country, and how that can impact our interpretation of issues today.
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Introducing Patrick Henry College

Mike discusses the values and practicalities of career training for our grown children. He shares examples of college and apprenticeship from his own children’s lives. He will also share his vision of training the next generation through PHC.
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