I actually didn’t realise that you yourself were homeschooling. I thought it was part of the title to your thread. Hey…if it’s working so far, then well done. Time will tell though…kids can be quite a handful as they get older.
My 17 year olds mental and emotional health has improved vastly since shes been out of public and doing it at home. Night and day.
Her socail life even improved. She goes out with her friends on weekends. She gets up early without prompting and runs with me. Shes excited about her future plans. Her self esteem is where it should be. Her anxiety is pretty much nonexistent.
Her boyfriend graduated last year and he did online school. He went through K-12 (we are using a different one). He started classes at the community college this month and is going into computer science. They have been togther nearly two years and they have absolutely no drama. They are best buds. They support and encourage eachother. I love their relationship.
That's the thing.....her relationships are positive. Her friendships and with her boyfriend. None of that drama that teens go through in school is an issue in her world right now. And her grades are much better.
She has always been more artistically inclined and she struggled to keep up in public. Too many kids, teachers spread too thin, and all the socail dramas.
At this point public high schools are full of drugs, sex and bullying. Nude pictures of students get passed around. There are pervert teachers. There was a long thread on reddit where teens were all sharing stories about pervert teachers that was just vile and horrifying. Now that politcs are being pushed via SEL it's a big nope.
I actually want to see the DOE abolished and for education to become more enriching. Get rid of institutionalized learning. Its failing and its toxic.
This whole newer attitude that parents are inept and unqualified to teach, guide and advocate for their children and should yield to state "experts" is total fucking garbage. Its horrifying that the schools can "socially transition" minors and hide these issues from parents. Its abuse.