“This Was Not My Problem”: Ex-Husband And His Wife Push For Homeschooling, Woman Stands Firm

UK so different education system (Scottish system specifically) but both of my parents were qualified and GTCS registered teachers (mum primary, dad secondary chemistry and maths) and both of them decided whilst they liked the idea of living “the good life” in the back end of beyond and homeschooling my and my siblings it was a terrible idea for our education!

Homeschooling should be illegal. There, I've said it. Unless there's a medical need for the child to stay home and not attend school (in which case the teachers should be visiting to teach!), I don't see any reason for the child to be left at home, at the mercy of their parents' belief system and knowledge level. I've seen enough documentaries about this to know that in most states (US) the regulations are so loose that there's practically no verification of the child's progress. And knowledge is everything. One shouldn't be deprived of good education just because they have idiots for parents. I'm writing about the US because I haven't heard of much homeschooling anywhere else, maybe statistical error levels in some countries.

I am so happy that homeschooling is not a thing here. Please tell me that the stepmom is at least a fully trained teacher and not a bored and overly controlling mom who can't send send her little angels to school.

Homeschooling. While it's hard to support any school system I know about, the homeschooled people whom I had the displeasure to have to meet, are entitled, bratty, throw tantrums even as grown ups, and lack crucial education in at least one area, and most likely, are indoctrinated to believe in some sort of pseudoscience, like biology rid of evolution.

She doesn't teach science? There's got to be a law against homeschooling and leaving out the "schooling" part. In my state, homeschooled kids still have to pass the same tests as the public school kids.

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So Aaron + Nicole will soon have 8 kids? Is that what I read? Hope OP + her kids can stay away from that circus as much as possible. OP's kids have already said they want to continue to go to public school. That should be the end of it.

Hold the line. They are your children, and other people have no right to tell you how to handle their education. This is ridiculous BS from the other parents. They could have handled this so much better than they did.

Soon OP's going to have to consider some kind of restraining order as it sounds like they're bordering on harassment. I like the response who asked if they'd also perform their own surgery. New wife and ex need to learn no means no - that's a good home lesson to teach the kids.

“It’s unfair for my kids to see her kids go to school…..” Yeah, because kids never want to be “weird,” and most people think homeschooling is weird.

Why would that keep the children from bonding? Children of mixed families in countries where home schooling isn't an option bond easily. I can't understand anyway how it can be so easy for unqualified people to take up such a difficult and specialised job as that of a teacher. You're telling me, these people know everything from biology to maths to history, and even a second language? Plus the pedagogical knowledge? Yeah, sure!

Having read the update lol most don’t ! I saw the different beliefs so from that it screams she’s one of the bloody god squad lunatics ! N the insistence on homeschooling is typical of Jw,s 🤦‍♀️they are bat shite crazy , those poor 8 kids lives are over before it starts , their schooling will literally only be on what the lunatic mother thinks they will learn , their schooling rest isn’t even taken in to account ! the cps needs to go around there and have those poor kids assessed , for their ages , cos the mother is not a teacher , she just wants to control each n ever one of those kids ! the ytas are as per trolls , NO is a complete sentence end of job done , as lots suggested a cease n desist letter with the very real threat of court should they continue , the mother needs to wind her neck in n do what’s right for her kids ie proper school !! blessed be op keep us updated plz x

They just want the education support money for the two kids, it's obvious ex and his wife don't care about what the kids want or what's best for them. I'm a huge supporter of homeschooling, but they aren't offering to do any of the things that make it successful, they just want extra cash.

Have your lawyer draft a request that all parental communication with you be through an app or through the lawyer himself, and NO communication on any parenting issue be filtered through the kids. Get a judge to sign off on it if you can, or just have the letter delivered to their lawyer. At least that might give you a bit of peace as well as full documentation for future use.

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Homeschooling can be, and is, a lifesaver for parents disillusioned with the public school system. Lots of kids actually learn better when they don't have to compete with 30 other kids in a classroom setting. However, before homeschooling, parents need to be sure how their kids will respond. In some cases, homeschooling can be a complete disaster, causing more problems than it solves. If OP feels that her children will do better academically in a classroom than a living room, that's where the discussion should end. If ex and wife keep pushing the issue, a judge may end up making a decision that one could guarantee that they won't like. To me, it sounds like a diluted form of parental alienation, disguised as family bonding. Perhaps if the ex's custody rights were modified, it would slow down significantly.