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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Homeschool parents: please let your kids be coached by a sexual predator and wife beater. #THESA #TexasHomeschool #homeschooling

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'm dying I'm dead 💀 "B is for Cat" 🤣 (and this is why licensed, qualified teachers evaluate curriculum before using it) #homeschooling

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Hit a motherload of idiocy on a post "joking" about telling your #homeschooled kids not to talk about your conspiracy theories in public. Remember: these people are these children's ONLY source of information, and all these people believe they are qualified to teach every grade and every subject.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Homeschool parent: thinks "exposure" is the same as "teaching" even though it failed 75% of the time in their own experience. These morons should not be homeschooling.

You can expose your children to everything early on but they are not going to pick up these skills until they are ready. I have 5 (4 were/are) boys all homeschooled. 3 of the 4 weren't efficiently reading until they were 8 one of them was reading at 5. They were all exposed to the same curriculum.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Comment: I can't be a working single mom and homeschool Homeschool mom: actually you totally can of you [pitches her own online private school] (btw: any online private school that has ever shared academic results has worse outcomes than public. Same of online charters. Online school sucks.)

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is just... indescribably sad. The amount of paranoia that this mother is using to justify isolating her child. She's avoiding the risk of something that's forgettable in the grand scheme of things by guaranteeing something awful is happening. Social isolation is extremely harmful. #homeschool

My son is homeschooled and he plays like this for hrs outside. No kid would be able to play so chill in elementary school with out [sic] being picked on by other kids. This, I love this so much. He is so smart and sweet.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Not "fake it till you make it." Just "fake it." Fake grades. Fake the transcripts. Just lie about your child's education on official documents they'll need in adulthood, no biggie.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This shit? This is beyond infuriating. The original poster is "bragging" now that his son can finally read, he's reading so much! As if this isn't a gigantic, flaming red flag. Your son clearly wanted to read-- he just had incompetent teachers. Imagine everything he's missed. That time is GONE.

Post: my 15-yr-old homeschooled son didn't learn to read until he was 11

Comment 1: this is very reassuring! As [sic] I have an 8 year old boy that [sic] isn't reading. He loves me reading to him and listening to his Yoto, but gets frustrated when I ask him to work on actually reading. Praying that stepping back and letting him get curious on his own will help! ... [followed by anecdote about bike riding]

Comment 2: I needed this. My daughter is 7, will be 8 in the summer and I feel so much pressure because she can't read. She's such a smart and mature girly but just can't grasp it.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

For an awful lot of #homeschool parents, control over and access to information is their primary motivation. They *know* their fragile belief system can't handle an encounter with reality. Yes, yes lots of homeschool families utilize their local library heavily, don't @ me 🙄 #homeschooling

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

So .... just a regular homeschool co-op, then? An excuse for the parents to get together and continue neglecting their kids and reinforcing that this neglect is not just benign, but good actually? #homeschool #homeschooling

So picture this: a homeschool co-op where the kids just play and run crazy while the moms take turns teaching each other their granny skills

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

hahahahahaha educationally neglecting my children is so funny hahahahah SCHOOL IS FREE #homeschool #homeschooling (also: the answer in half the US is "every day, we have no attendance requirements")

When it's only the second day of school and you're already googling how many days you're "allowed" to give your kid off school...

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Homeschool mom: boys have too much energy to go to school! The only education they need is... how to chop wood Y'all-- she's dead serious. She's PROUD of pulling her children out of school and thinks they're getting a sufficient education by being forced into hard labor. #homeschooling #homeschool

they thrive when they learn how to put their energy to good use

through learning skills they can use for life--skills that help them build responsibility, resiliency, contribute to our family's day to day life, and skills they can use to build a successful future.

Skills like chopping wood, stacking wood, and tending to our wood stove, to name a few 👏

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Homeschool mom: thinks licensed public school teachers only need a high school education; also that high school is sufficient to be a secondary ed. teacher Homeschool mom: calls this "ironic" Homeschool mom: completely misses the irony that she just proved she is, in fact, not qualified to teach

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#Homeschooling is so "flexible," they say. "You can do school in your pajamas," they say. What they actually mean is that there are no expectations. What they actually *want* is to be lazy.

"When you're trying to get out of the house fit an 11 an homeschool meet up and wondering how the normals do this everyday by 7"

caption is on top of a video of Walter White stumbling around outside his trailer attempting to get dressed

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

You know homeschooling is ... entirely optional, right? Public school is free? #homeschooling

What I thought I'd look like as a homeschool mom: [Julie Andrews as Maria in *The Sound of Music*, playing the guitar for the opening to "Do Re Mi"]

What I actually look like being with these feral kids all day: [Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate in *Parks & Rec*, holding a pair of scissors and making a threatening stabbing motion]

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Homeschool mom: uses public school as a threat. This happened to me, too-- but after I was told that if I went to public school I would be possessed by a demon. So. #homeschooling

And when she acts like that, I'm real quick to remind her "I can send you to public school next week - renege, if i can't teach you, someone else has to" 🤷‍♀️ Sis shuts up REAL quick! 😂

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Homeschool mom: "there's no such thing as "being behind" in homeschooling (She's responding to a post where a mom admits to doing nothing for at least four months)

1st take a breath... there isn't a such thing as "behind" in homeschooling. As long as the child is making progress & learning something... you are fine. When I say learning something... it can be that if they helped with the build of the kennel building in any way, they are learning - even just watching it be built is learning. If they learned to cook eggs or have baked a cake or anything with you they are learning. Learning doesn't only happen with paper, pencils or computers programs. On a busy day have them watch a video or something... heck even having them watch Mr. Peabody & Sherman teaches aspects of history in a fun way. 2nd school years for homeschooling is different... school doesn't start in Aug/Sept & end in Jun - they school year is in many ways all year long with break here & there to deal with life. It isn't always easy to let go of the traditional ways of education, but homeschooling follow very few of the traditional ways of educating. Please don't beat yourself up about all this... kids learn faster then we think & can surprise us in so many ways went it comes to learning.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

She's not supposed to admit to this so publicly. But, thankfully for me, she did. Encouraging educational neglect is NORMAL among homeschoolers. #homeschooling

My favorite thing about the homeschool community is how hard they gas you up.

I'll be like, I don't have it in me to do school today. And they're like, girl, don't!!!

Go to the grocery store [that's math]

[That's math] Bake a cake. That's science. Go on a walk. That's PE and nature study. Walk around Target. That's language arts, character development, and economics.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Story: I originally saw this as a stitch, and was puzzled by the disconnect between "I'm not teaching my kids that Egypt was in Egypt" and "why is the Grand Canyon blocked off?" In finding the original reel, I discovered .... she believes that "Ancient Egypt" was in Arizona. 🤦‍♀️ #homeschooling

Here are some things that I will NOT be teaching my children

That ancient Egypt was in modern day Egypt

Instead we will have a lesson on the Grand Canyon

And why a majority of it is blocked off from the public

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Post: "We haven't done even one day of school in a month. I'm over his excuses and tired of him trying to put one over on me. He's using my mental health against me." In the comments: He's 11 and autistic. #homeschooling

Is anyone homeschooling an ASD child? We've now been withdrawn from public school for a month now and haven't completed one full day of school work. My son is very intelligent so I know he can complete the work if he puts his mind to it but I'm over his excuses of why he can't do something and him trying to pull one over on me with his emotions and attitude. I don't know if I'm seeking advice or just needing to vent...

Thank you everyone. My son is 11 and is mildly/high functioning asd. I did threaten to put him back in public school if he doesn’t work with me on his schooling. We use miacademy plus supplement with some work books so we can work on his handwriting. I never push to work all day, but I do tell him that we have to do more than just his vocab words and life skills. We have to work on some math, science etc. He knows that I will work with him and help him on his school work, I just won’t do his work for him. He’s gotten to the point where he’s using my own mental health and tiredness against me and it’s getting to be to much.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Homeschool parents: ugh it's so annoying when people bring up "what about socialization?" 🙄 Also homeschool parents: my kids have learned to socialize while I'm at the grocery store! My kids are DEFINITELY not desperate for human connection! #homeschooling

Try going places where it is normal for kids to play together. The park is an obvious one, but the pool or a watermark is decent. Libraries usually have a kid section with computers and such. It's a great place to practice not just running up to every kid they see to loudly introduce themselves. There are some museums that are interactive and designed to involve younger kids... Usually science museums. Those are all places to be around kids, but being around adults is important too and going through the ordinary and typical places. You can't pay $30 a day to go to on special field trips. Even just going to the grocery store is important. While we walk the aisles and while I shop, my kids are learning how to politely navigate narrow spaces and not get in other people's way, and they will talk to the other shoppers. Initially they introduce themselves to EVERYONE. "Hi! I'm _______! I'm # years old!" Then they started to add "and this is_____..... Introducing me and the rest of the family to them. It's quite frustrating sometimes.... But then out of nowhere, they stop saying the same introduction and they start telling people why we are there. "Hi. We are grocery shopping. Are you getting food too?" And eventually that all gets replaced with only interrupting others to say "excuse me" to get past or when they are in someone's way or to ask someone where the bathrooms are etc... They still talk to people, but they let the other shoppers initiate the conversation instead of demanding that everyone talks to them. This is coming from someone that went to public school, but my best friend in my teens was homeschooled. We met at church youth group. Church is another great place if you enjoy that, but I avoided mentioning that at the top since not everyone is religious.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Homeschool mom: "my job isn't to teach my kids" I ... what #homeschooling

Britt Elder Tennyson most homeschoolers (at least that I know) see themselves as facilitators rather than teachers. My job is not to teach my children everything, but to connect them with the resources they need in order to thrive - I won't be the algebra teacher, just like I'm not the pottery teacher, or the gymnastics coach 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Virginia: let's try to identify kids who need mental health support Homeschool mom: !!! Absolutely not!!! How dare you!!! #homeschooling

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Parent: we haven't done school in months is that ok? Comments: yeah that's normal #homeschooling I can attest that it is, unfortunately, "normal" for homeschool parents to quit for long periods. Years, even. "Normal" doesn't equal "ok" or "good"

Anyone get very behind in a school year but it not affect your child overall? I had our 3rd baby #3 12-27-25. The end of the pregnancy (October on) was rough. And while I’m doing good with recovery, I have no energy or willpower for school just yet. We did some in Novembe, but since then nothing. He’s 7 1/2, in “1st grade”. I also have a 2.5 year old, in the throes of terrible 2s. So. Has this happened to anyone else and has it negatively affected school? Or is this just post partum anxiety roaring?

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Kids: say they want to go back to school now Mom: I'm weeping, angry, grieving. I'm so emotional I can't even talk to my kids. Should I send them to school? Comments: they made their choice. They told you too late, so homeschool them for a year as a "natural consequence." Take the year off.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Justifying unlimited screen time and excessive video game playing is a pattern I've noticed in all these groups. It's ... weird. #homeschooling

Facebook post in the "Radical Unschooling" group: My almost 10 year old is very passionate about video games, playing 7 hours a day or more most days. Please help reassure me of all the ways this may help benefit in the future [sic].

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

From a "10 Things I would Tell a Brand New Homeschool Mom if I had no filter" Instagram post. This mocks the entire concept of developmentally appropriate milestones and achievement standards. With this attitude, they are *guaranteed* to fall behind. #homeschooling

"Your kid will not fall behind. Behind what? Becky's color-coded schedule? Please."

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Parent: I need advice! I can't teach my child the alphabet! Top rated comment: stop trying and just let her watch TV #homeschooling

I have been trying to teach my 5 year old the alphabet for four months and keep stopping because I just don't have the patience...

[She goes on to say later in the post it's taken her four months to teach three letters]

"Let her watch some Alphablocks and Sesame Street" is underlined

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Her son is two years behind, but she wants to do "minimal prep"-- oh but she'll oh-so-nobly and sacrificially "take the time to go over lessons." She's only used things designed to *supplement actual teaching*. No wonder they're years behind. #homeschooling

Math for delayed learner with autism

My son is 9 but at beginner 2nd grade level math. He struggles to understand the concepts and tries to memorize everything(he cant though because he has poor memory). We have tried khan academy, abc mouse, and one other curriculum that was textbook but cant remember its name to save my life.

Ive considered math u see but afraid it wont be well rounded enough. He works best with videos and manipulatives. Id prefer to do minimal prep but will take the time to go over lessons with him.

Im average at math, so my confidence is good, but I sometimes struggle to explain concepts in a way that my son can understand. Hence the videos and visuals being a neccesity for math.

Thanks guys

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Parent: my kids noticed they've been educationally neglected and unprepared for adulthood Comments: teens are just resentful, ungrateful brats and you did nothing wrong #homeschooling

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The comments were unanimous: yes, this is a completely reasonable thing to do! We all did it, it worked out great! Narrator: It did not, in fact, work out great. #homeschooling #SchoolisFree

Facebook post from the "Unschooling" page:

Amy asks, "I need advice on how a single parent who work [sic] full time could homeschool and [sic] 11-year-old child. Has anyone successfully worked, been the only parent, and homeschooled?"

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

School. Is. FREE. If you can't stay at HOME with your kid then you can't HOME SCHOOL. #homeschooling

Facebook post in a babysitting group:

Hello in need of help please my son is 5 years old an [sic] is being home schooled I just moved to the area don't have a lot of money right now but really need somebody to help with his school so i can get a job we are flexible with days I need someone that [sic] will be reliable

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A homeschool mom not knowing what she should have been teaching? You don't say. #homeschooling #ScoolisFree

Facebook post in a mother's group:

My rising 5th grader is going from homeschool to public school. Could some of you 4th gr ____ mamas tell me what kind of math your kids are doing at this point? I'd like to make sure my kid is caught up if we've are behind. Thanks~

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Homeschool parent: fails miserably at educating their kids Comments: you didn't fail, you're the best parent in the world! #homeschooling #SchoolisFree

How do others handle feeling like a complete failure? My 19 year old can only do very basic math, and cannot spell or write and argues about everything. The 12 year old argues about everything also. I am so burned out in doing absolutely everything with zero help. How does everyone else make this work?

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

One of my favorite genres of #ShitHomeschoolingParentsSay: turning everyday activities that parents with kids in public school *also do* into over-inflated, grandiose delusions.

Charlotte Mason Momma Facebook page: "🙌 Yes!" on what is probably a Baketivity ad.

"You see kids cooking. I see... reading, measuring, math, following directions, collaboration, listening, problem solving."

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Homeschooling Today is one of the most significant resources in homeschool culture. There's not knowing everything, and there's not knowing *what you're supposed to be teaching.* Stop the spin ride, I'm dizzy #homeschooling

Homeschooling Today: "We homeschool boldly when we realize we don't have to know everything. We can learn alongside our kids!"

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oh look, more 8-year-olds who can't read! #homeschooling She was, indeed, validated in the comments.

Facebook post in "Unschooling Littles: Non-Coercive Homeschooling & Unschooling": just came to vent and find some people who have experienced this too. My mom talks to me about my oldest (8 in December) not reading yet more and more frequently the older she gets. She is making progress on her own with pre-reading skills and I told my mom that and I've even started doing a little more intentional stuff at home since my daughter expressed desire toward that sort of thing. Yesterday my mom called and she bought a reading program and wants to come to my house twice a week at set times and do this program with my daughter because she feels bad for her not being able to read yet. She doesn't want to drive out and then my daughter not want to do it so she wants it to be like "Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm we do a reading lesson". That is so not how we roll. 😂 I told her I am willing to let her try one time at least but there can be no forcing and if my kid wants to stop she is allowed to. I doubt my daughter will sit at set times for this. 😂 Also, I told her I don't love the idea of having to be home and dressed (me) at certain times every week. I highly value the flexibility that Unschooling brings. But I am game to try it one time. She tried to do this with another thing a while back and it only lasted 3-4 times so I'm hoping it fizzles out like that. Unless my daughter is a big fan and then it's fine by me.

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A note on homeschool illiteracy: when homeschool parents say their child "can't read" they don't mean "they're not at grade level." They really do mean *can't. read.*

Parent in "Raising Lifelong Learners" facebook group: My 8.5 year old doesn't read yet but wants to learn (and wants to try in a more formal fashion) and I ordered Hooked on Phonics to try with her. She doesn't like games on the phone though so my question is: will she still learn enough with just the books and such but skipping the app?

In a comment: At this stage in my life I don't have a lot of time during the day to commit to sitting down with her. Hooked on phonics seems like I can actually handle it a couple times a week... [goes on to ask for a comparison to All About Reading]

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Shit Homeschool Parents Say @shit-hs-parent-say.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This is a whole-ass genre #homeschooling

Child A: that stupid teacher doesn't know shit about math, history, or English / I'm sure I smelled vodka on her breath, cheap vodka

Child B: stop it Carole! Mom is trying her best

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