Jordan_Ingram

Jordan_Ingram t1_jeac27v wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in School safety by Imjusthereforgossip3

You sound like a very attentive and caring parent. Which is fantastic. I don't know the details of your life, but based on your comment, your privilege is showing. You can clearly afford to do this. You are in fact the exception not the rule. Like my previous comment up top, I'd recommend exploring r/HomeschoolRecovery.

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Jordan_Ingram t1_jea0fjt wrote

Thanks for being open to it. While I don't want to outright bash homeschooling because I do think my parents did their best, their motivation to protect us from the world had consequences too. As much as folks like to freak out about CRT, LGBTQ+ rights and ban books, I think there's a lack of awareness around what happens when your knowledge base is riddled with gaps due to improper education. The result is always ignorance and almost never children being protected.

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Jordan_Ingram t1_je9vthq wrote

As a 33 year old who was homeschooled by good parents who did their best and I can definitely say that homeschooling is not the answer. I made out pretty well with my upbringing and have a solid job, wife, house and relative success. I also have depression, social anxiety, isolating behavior, and the 7 years of therapy I've had will continue for the foreseeable future. I can function just fine in society and am the best case scenario. Check out r/HomeschoolRecovery for several thousand more reasons not to choose that path.

The problem with homeschooling is the same problem with guns. Morons and nutcases think they can handle the responsibility.

But. Can't.

We all know what the answer is. Let's stop pretending.

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