Anonymous #2 1d

Only if I can opt them out of public school social studies, history, geography and civics/government society, and economics.

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Anonymous .gaia. 1d

*government & society

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Anonymous #2 1d

Honestly even then I’d still prefer full homeschooling. I would not want my kids being educated using textbooks primarily from Pearson, McGraw-Hill, or any other large publishing company

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Anonymous .gaia. 1d

For any subject

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Anonymous .gaia. 1d

I feel that often homeschoolers greatly overestimate their ability to actually teach subjects well compared to trained educators. This also sounds suspiciously similar to how conservative parents want to hide their kids from public school education. You should not be seeking to hide them from public education if your goal is actually to combat them “being kept ignorant”

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Anonymous #2 1d

If your goal is to teach them additional material that isn’t taught in public schools, then you simply need additional material. And if you want to hide them from indoctrination, you need to do it through exposure to more content, not hiding them. They will be exposed to those nationalist ideas either way.

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Anonymous #2 1d

“We must hide the children from the information” is not going to be effective.

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Anonymous #2 1d

My intent isn’t to hide them from information at all. I 100% support science and a proper education and would ideally educate them in a with a community of like minded parents and educators. Indoctrination isn’t that simple either. It’s not simply a falsified historical record and blatant propaganda. It’s the fact that a lot of the lesson material across all subjects includes subtle things which indoctrinate

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Anonymous #2 1d

And I agree with exposure but I would not want that exposure to be in a way that characterizes a lot of things about our economic system and society as good, natural, or normal

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Anonymous #2 1d

And I of course cannot teach very complicated subjects outside of my wheelhouse and would use resources and people that can do such. I’d want them to have a fully rounded education ofc, like what standard schooling provides

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Anonymous #2 1d

It’s not really about hiding them from information. I want them to have ample information, I just want it to be correct.

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Anonymous #2 1d

My big life goal is to one day run a community center and part of that includes community education and the would be central to my would-be kids’ upbringing

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Anonymous .gaia. 1d

*that

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Anonymous #1 1d

Yesss

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Anonymous .gaia. 1d

I can see where you are coming from. I guess I just don’t want this to be a form of indoctrination towards socialism which would leave kids without sufficient critical thinking skills to consider *why* some economic and political systems may be better than others. Otherwise you get someone who could easily fall for propaganda or who will rebel hard to the other side.

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Anonymous #2 1d

I say this as a socialist, but one who found my own way there through my own research. I worry that a lot of homeschooling education leaves kids without sufficient challenges to whatever worldview they were raised with, which can stunt critical thinking. And in general I don’t have much confidence in math and science homeschooling. Going with certified experts is definitely the right way to go with that. Even well meaning homeschool parents aren’t experts in every subject.

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Anonymous #2 1d

And of course there’s also the concern for disconnect with the rest of society. If homeschool education is too starkly different from public education that could lead to a difficult adjustment into college or work life. But that’s an issue somewhat independent of the goals of said homeschooling. Even good homeschooling could do that.

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Anonymous #2 1d

I mean, I thought it would be cliche to say or that it’s kinda implicit, but critical thinking skills would be central too. The main thing I’d want to teach them is the ‘art of discernment’ so to speak. And yeah I’m not good at math or science but I wouldn’t want the lesson material to be chock full of random subtle crap that reinforces capitalist and selfish thinking

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