I cannot imagine living during a time when there wasn’t compulsory schooling in the United States. Trying to rally together my hypothetical rural community to create a one-room schoolhouse that kids aren’t even required to attend would make me so stressed out. Even though public school can have some problems, we take for granted that …
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Free schooling mom boasts about 6-year-old son spelling 3 letter words by himself: ‘People should not be allowed to homeschool their kids’
It should not be controversial to say that education is a human right every kid deserves. While it’s true that there are some lessons that we will only learn from the school of life, reading, writing, and arithmetic are foundational building blocks that most children are going to need support to understand. Unfortunately, though, not …
Seguir leyendo Free schooling mom boasts about 6-year-old son spelling 3 letter words by himself: ‘People should not be allowed to homeschool their kids’
Unschooler mom doesn’t teach 8-year-old daughter to read, assumed that she would organically learn how on her own: ‘A reading tutor expressed her disappointment that I missed the window and now my child will struggle’
There are some things that don’t need to be taught in a school setting. For instance, every human being, barring severe delays, will learn how to speak. It is ingrained into our brains to learn how to speak our native language, even if we don’t receive any formal education. If you attend a prestigious preschool …
Seguir leyendo Unschooler mom doesn’t teach 8-year-old daughter to read, assumed that she would organically learn how on her own: ‘A reading tutor expressed her disappointment that I missed the window and now my child will struggle’
Homeschool mom asks niece to teach illiterate 9-year-old daughter who can’t add single digit numbers: ‘I don’t think 4 hours once a week is enough at all’
One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
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Freeloading sister refuses to adjust to off-the-grid new home: ‘Worried for these children’
I’ve always wanted to live «off the grid.» The way I live now is so «on the grid» it’s nuts. There is something beautifully romantic about imagining a cottage in a far-off pasture, growing your own vegetables, making bread, and not having to go on the internet. You could just read books all day, attend …
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‘I don’t want to make any friends I know I can’t have’: Homeschooling parents ban teen from having any friends outside of their family
When I was growing up, I was acquainted with several homeschooled kids. I did extracurricular theatre with a handful of them, and they were definitely on a spectrum regarding their social abilities. From my purview, the kids who seemed the most well-adjusted were the ones who had a vibrant and eventful social life outside of …
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‘My 19 year old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees
I have always been a little suspicious of alternative methods of schooling. I know that there are some parents out there who are completely competent at teaching their kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I highly doubt that’s the majority of homeschoolers. Most of the time, kids who do their schooling at home would …
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34 Parenting Tweets & Memes For Exhausted Moms And Dads
We really gotta give it up for all the parents out there hustling in 2020. Some of us can barely get out of bed with out dying a little inside let alone keep little humans alive. If you’ve got some rascals running circles around you all day, chances are you’re using some very rare and …
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Hell Yes
Yes to the no-kids life.
Kids, Man
Cheers to anyone who doesn’t have kids.