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would you homeschool your kids

Anonymous 17w

no but i wouldn't want my kids going to school in this country either

Anonymous 17w

As a former homeschooled kid k-12 - hell no.

Anonymous 17w

nope never in a million years

Anonymous 17w

As someone who spent k-12 being bullied and spent every night since middle school crying and begging my mom to homeschool me, yes

Anonymous 17w

Absolutely not, school is so incredibly important for children’s development socially and cognitively please ask your sister to do research 😭

Anonymous 17w

I work heavily with the homeschool population through my job and I promise you, I cannot think of one student who has thrived or even maintained in terms of their academic, social, or emotional wellbeing. I beg of your sister not to intentionally isolate her child. Anything she feels her children are lacking in the 8 hours a day they go to school can be taught by her after school or on weekends. I really urge her to give this more thought and consider the long term consequences

Anonymous 17w

No. I begged to be homeschooled as a kid and now I’m glad they never even entertained that tbh..

Anonymous 17w

just found out oldest sister is going to homeschool now.

Anonymous 17w

Meh. I was homeschooled from 5th grade to 12th grade. My parents paid for an online homeschooling curriculum, signed me up for sports w other kids my age & I went to a regular school to do end of grade tests. I graduated at 16 w a 4.0 GPA. There’s upsides & downsides

Anonymous

#5 17w

Also it wouldn’t have made any sense with their full time jobs so idek why i tried

Anonymous

#3 17w

going to show this comment to her 😩 they would be in 1st and 3rd grade next year. as a super quiet weird kid even i loved school like plsss i can’t believe this

Anonymous

#7 17w

Now I know this is not the typical experience most kids have. But I would likely put them in regular school first but if they had problems or suffered mentally because of their peers I wouldn’t hesitate to homeschool them

Anonymous

#8 17w

Agreeing with this. At LEAST let your kids get their fundamental years (elementary school) under their belt with a certified professional before letting your (sister’s) ego get in the way. Teachers are required by law to stay up to date with best practices. I promise you, you are not doing your children any benefit by removing them from their peers and an abundance of supports.

Anonymous

#1 17w

i’m a firm believer that majority of homeschooled kids are sheltered and mentally stunted when it comes to having good social cues and interacting with people. you cannot keep a kid away from other kids all day for that long and expect them to thrive in a social environment.

Anonymous

#7 17w

I think my main issue was that socially I was behind but academically I excelled. I couldn’t seem to fit in and make friends, but content wise I consumed knowledge and was alway the top of my class. This made it difficult as academically I was ahead of the class and but developmentally needed a few years before I could fit in. Undergrad was the same but my 3rd and 4th year were much better and I started to “fit in”. I would say now in grad school I am excelling because I am surrounded

Anonymous

#7 17w

By like minded individuals and studying mathematics were all a bit “off” socially😅