03/23/2025
I’m sure it is true
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭🎓💰
You can pull a lot of thoughts from this meme, but here's one that 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: the parent’s (often mom’s) 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝.
A secular system built for broad application will 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 replicate what sacrificial love does for a family. 💕 Homeschooling doesn't cost just $1K per year, per child, not even close. And that's while still 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 the cost of 24/7 labor behind it.
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. And just like any other educational institution, it comes with real costs:
✔ 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 🏡
✔ 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🏥
✔ 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 🍽️
✔ 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 💡
✔ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 & 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 💻
✔ 𝐆𝐚𝐬 & 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🚗
✔ 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 ❄️🔥
✔ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 📚
✔ 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 & 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 🩺
✔ 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩 🍳
✔ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 & 𝐒𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞 🚮
That's 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 🍎➡️🍎
But this isn't just about financial numbers. This meme obscures the deeper 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 as well.
When parents 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 take on 𝟏𝟎𝟎% of a child's 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 and 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠, (𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥) they are choosing 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
And if the 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 can't admit that, then we have a problem—whether it's rooted in 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 or an indication that some families aren't actually putting in quality work. Both of those are troublesome, and both need to be called out.
— 𝐆𝐮𝐠 🖊️
#𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐆𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 ✍️ #𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 🤔 #𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 📚 #𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐌𝐨𝐦 👩🏫 #𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 🔎