She Told Her Older Sister That She Would Be Ruining Her Daughter’s Life By Choosing To Homeschool Her
Whether or not children should be homeschooled in certain environments is a common debate among parents.
One woman recently told her older sister that it would ruin her daughter’s life if she homeschooled her, and it’s caused some major tension in their relationship.
She’s 20 years old, and her sister, Addie, is 32 years old. Because there is a pretty significant age gap between them, they were raised quite differently.
Addie attended public school until she dropped out in the 10th grade, while she was homeschooled from the third grade until high school graduation.
“I was homeschooled for most of my life, and it absolutely messed me up,” she said.
“There was nothing wrong with my curriculum, and I learned at a faster pace than children going to public school, but homeschooling made me so unprepared for the real world.”
Because she was homeschooled for most of her life, she felt she never had a proper chance to develop mature social skills. So when she went from being sheltered at home to a normal and active college campus, she felt overwhelmed and traumatized.
Her first year of college was a whirlwind, as she didn’t know how to interact with other people her age, and she’d have frequent panic attacks.
Addie has a daughter named Lily, who is about to turn five, so she’ll be eligible to start school this August. However, because Addie is a stay-at-home mom with time on her hands, she’s highly considering homeschooling her.
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“I told her not to do it as she would most likely be ruining Lily’s life and taking away any chance of her developing normally,” she explained.
“I also told her that I believed Lily would grow to resent Addie as it wouldn’t be healthy for Lily to spend the majority of her time with her mother.”
She doesn’t want Addie to be so quick to homeschool Lily because of how difficult it was for her to adjust to the real world. She doesn’t want her niece to experience the same thing.
Unfortunately, Addie took her comments very personally and misunderstood what she meant. Addie thought she was against Lily being homeschooled because she never made it past the 10th grade.
She tried pleading her case further, saying that only having Lily interact with kids in sports or clubs that meet once a week wouldn’t be anywhere equal to the social experiences she’d get in a public school. However, Addie was still upset and began to ignore her.
Although Addie hasn’t spoken to her since their argument, she’s been going around complaining to their friends and family about how she was trying to influence her parenting decisions. Therefore, she’s been getting some passive-aggressive messages online.
Did she go too far with her sister, or was it important that she shared her input on homeschooling?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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