Nine-year-old Stefan Merrill Block hated his new school in Plano, Texas. It was boring, stifling. His homeroom teacher shook him by the shoulders in front of all his classmates when he asked too many questions one day. He even started a novel about a boy who escapes from school. He would come home and sulk … Read more
Every day started out the same. Sarah would wake up, get dressed in her uniform, and pack her lunch. But by the time she reached the stairs, she’d collapse. The 10-year-old’s body would shut down, physically unable to walk out the door. “I didn’t realize how traumatic it was for her to keep going to school,” her mom, Lauren, told Kidspot. … Read more
It’s DIY ABCs. No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks — in fact, no more teachers at all. Nonconformist moms like Mami Onami are doing away with traditional education to, instead, “unschool” their tots with unstructured, free learning. “We don’t teach our kids anything,” Onami, a spiritual influencer and mom of … Read more
Get a load of this! A southern California mom of 14 says she spends more than $75,000 a year on food, mortgage, utilities, clothes, and other essentials for her family, like laundry detergent — she does 21 loads of laundry a week! “We need a minimum [of] $6,000 a month to run the house,” caterer … Read more
A UK millennial couple is praising their decision to “world school” their two children instead of enrolling them in traditional school. “The experience the children get — they’d never get in the UK,” TikToker Lauren Tyson, 31, from Sudbury, Suffolk, told SWNS. Tyson and her artist husband, Roy, 37, always had a passion for travel … Read more
A business guru and social media influencer has come under fire for admitting he pulled his children out of their school after learning their teacher was “200 pounds overweight.” Kris Krohn — a self-described real estate investor and breakthrough mentor — proudly shared his body-shaming rhetoric with his 1.2 million followers in a TikTok posted … Read more
Learning begins at home — and that’s where many Gen Z parents, even those raising children in go-go New York City, appear to want it to stay. As the flames of controversy over early childhood education and school curriculums blaze nationwide, a recent study showed that seven out of 10 moms and dads under the … Read more
The rising cost of living has forced many parents to look for alternative ways to raise their kids. One mum’s story has gone viral this week for doing just that. But while she strongly believes she’s doing the best thing for her family, she’s been slammed by trolls who don’t agree. “Generational wealth” London Shanta (@londonshanta) … Read more