Saturday, February 11, 2023

Vuolos' Schooling Plans

Jinger (Duggar) Vuolo was interviewed by The New York Times for an article about her book, which released yesterday. According to The Sun, Jinger told The New York Times that she and Jeremy do not plan to homeschool their daughters, Felicity and Evangeline. (Note: Other sections of the article by The Sun seem to be sensationalized.)

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  1. We'll see about that. Jill didn't plan to homeschool either, until she did.

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    1. I’m not aware that Jill is homeschooling. They have videos about shopping school supplies for him going to school and about how they were sending him to school…

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    2. I didn't know she switched Israel and Samuel to homeschool. Guess Jill and Derick realized public school wasn't for their boys after all with the political junk they teach now a days there.

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    3. Jill has not said whether the boys are in public school or if she's homeschooling this year. Many people have asked her on her social media, but she's never answered.

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    4. @5:15 Didn't she say she liked spending the mornings with Israel and his school books? A picture of them sitting together?

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    5. Jill tried the public schooling with Israel. Possibly it was too much for them this year, they moved to a new area, so Israel would have to change schools (adjustment), Sam would have to start a school (adjustment), they have a new baby, who would take boys to school. Also Derick is working full-time now, he could not help dropping kids at school. It could be just easier to keep them all at home.

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    6. Jill also seems to like spending time with her kids. She takes them to the library, bakes with them and so on. Jinger might enjoy her own time, not constantly watching her daughters. Schools vs homeschooling is not just about education for children, it is also about parents and their time.
      Many people prefer to have own jobs where they realize themselves, while children are studying at school. Jinger of course does not work, but maybe she would want to get a real job outside of TV, online activities etc.

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    1. There is nothing wrong with homeschool either.

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    2. @1:32. Since when did Jinger get an education degree and teacher certification?

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    3. 8:23 PM - With homeschooling, you get a homeschool license. You don't need a education degree or teacher certification. My mom followed her own and printed out my diploma. I am now in my last year of college :)

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    4. Correct, you don't need a education agree and teacher certification to homeschool. And a lot of public schools offer homeschool programs and the kids can talk with a live teacher.

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  3. Well i certainly hope they don't do regular public school. At least a private christian school. This is strange considering the trend even among non-Christian parents who are turning to homeschooling in record numbers. This isn't so much about strict religious rules as safety for the child and making sure that they aren't indoctrinated with horrible propaganda/agenda. I was home schooled and my parents chose that because my dad was an eight grade math teacher in a church run school and the public schooled bus kids that came to class couldn't even understand basic math. He came home and announced, "we're homeschooling." And mom was like, "Okay." And that was that. Nothing to do with religion or what some ministry guy said or even curriculum. He just wanted to make sure I could add 2+2.

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    1. There are a lot worse things that happen in Christian schools though. At least the one I went too. That's where they send all the bad kids.

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    2. Most of us can't AFFORD to send our children to private school or have a parent stay home to school them. So off they go to public school where they for the most part receive a good education and go on to be successful people. And BTW what sort of "horrible propaganda" do you believe is "indoctrinating" children in public school? My kids went to public school and weren't indoctrinated with any sort of propaganda.

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    3. I learned a long time ago that when someone starts complaining about "indoctrination" and "horrible propaganda" in public schools that they have some sort of religious and/or social agenda of their own. Public schools don't "indoctrinate" children. They teach them basic skills to function in today's world. They are not perfect, but for the most part children get a good education there.

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    4. Frankly, I think both you and your father are prone to exaggeration. Children in public schools are taught and can do math. I don't know what is taught in public schools that you find so objectionable but in reality public schools don't engage in teaching "horrible propaganda" or in "indoctrinating" children. However, due to our lack of investment in education there is a critical shortage of teachers and our children are falling behind the rest of the world academically. We can do better.

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    5. 9:57 AM - Your children can also receive a very good education at home and homeschool kids are always accepted into colleges. I work in a school. I had so many conversations with my state about issues going on in our system. Public schools do not teach kids life skills at all. A lot of the kids in my district cannot write properly. You should see some of the high school students handwriting these days versus what it was 23 years ago. You can't understand it. Some of these students came into my office crying because they didn't get accepted into the colleges they applied for and that's really tough to deal with because there's nothing I can do. Until changes are made we have to rely on parents to teach their kids how to write. But nobody wants to be parent these days. We need classes in our schools for that too.

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    6. I am not going to throw in any bias, here, just something for us all to consider. During the pandemic when students were calling into their classes online, there was a report (I believe in Virginia) that parents were disallowed to listen to what their children were being taught from their online zoom classes. This has never been explained.

      B.K. Eakman (author, teacher, U.S. Justice department employee) points by name to several prominent figures in the education agency who are not, in fact, professors, but marketing professionals. These individuals are part of the agency which designs the public-school curriculum and distributes it throughout the public schools in the United States. There has been valid proof that the psychological methods used only in clinical settings (and illegal elsewhere) are used in public school curriculum, ultimately to stimulate emotion over critical thinking.
      I could go on, but all I want to say is, please do your research before making any major decision for your children. Your children are important, and it is unfair of us as parents to make decisions for them based on our own bias, unless it is firmly rooted in backed up by solid research and facts!

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    7. @2:43 I'll bet parents weren't allowed to "listen in" on Zoom classes because they would have been a distraction, either with their presence or with what they said or both. I doubt it's some big conspiracy theory like you're trying to say. Teachers had enough problems without having to add a zoom class full of parents in the background.

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    8. @2:43 My daughter teaches 5th grade in a public school. During the pandemic/online instruction, she had parents/adults who were carrying on loud conversations, some using foul language, that she could hear and it was distracting. Having a quiet place for the child to participate in online class wasn't a priority.

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    9. Actually, I’m in the county in Virginia where there have been serious problems with the school system. In fact, there are students whose lives have been irrevocably damaged. For more details you can always google what happened in the schools in Loudoun County Virginia in 2020 and 2021. I would encourage you to read
      all about it. Parents were very angry here for absolutely tragic reasons.

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    10. @8:32 How'd you like a job where your hands are tied and you can only discipline so far before you have some angry parent(s) threatening to sue you and the school if you would even suggest that Little Johnny has personal problems and needs special help outside of school, not just in, let alone you tattle on him or put so much as a hand on him to stop him? That's what it's come to. Teachers and administrators who want to help have been intimidated by threatening parents. I remember a time when teachers and principals were respected. Now they're slapped with lawsuits for trying to do their job of handling your kids when you won't do it.

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    11. No matter the circumstances, schools do not have the authority to forbid parents to be involved in their child's education.

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  4. More Jinger!! I'm not sure the Sun is a good source of information though.

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  5. They'll get sent to some private Christian school with swanky uniforms and a hefty tuition bill. Those girls won't set foot in a public school in California, mark my word.

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    1. Who cares what type of school they go too? That's not your children.

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    2. They'll probably go to a Christian school associated with the seminary Jeremy is attending.

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    3. Since California is so liberal, I doubt that they would want their children to be exposed to a lot of liberal messages in public school.

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    4. I can't imagine them exposed to children with different religions or politics. The girls might get "ideas." Jinger & Jeremy are not going to allow that.

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    5. 9:58 PM - Schools should leave politics and religion out.

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    6. @9:58 Like that's a bad thing? We always watched the news as a family and discussed current events and politics from all sides. It doesn't matter what you hear in school if you have your own opinion and are allowed to express it, and if you have information from valid sources to back your opinion. Children need to learn to think for themselves, consider what they hear, and figure out if it's sound information or biased agenda. How will they learn discernment if they only hear one side?

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    7. 9:20 PM - Kids can't learn to think for themselves in a school that allows discussion of politics and religion because their minds are still developing and they are easily manipulated. Politics and religion causes to much drama. They need to be learning how to write cursive properly and life skills. Most people in college don't even know how to make a doctor's appointment for themselves, they still make mommy do it.

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    8. 5:39, I’m not sure why writing in cursive is so important. Most communication these days is electronic. With everything teachers are mandated to teach in a day, some things have to go. When I was in H.S. drivers ed was during the school day. Now kids go to a driving school or there are classes after school. Getting so focused on cursive writing would be like complaining kids aren’t taught to use a slide rule. And I’m pretty sure college kids can make an appointment without mommy. Also, what life skills should be taught in the very busy day?

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    9. 8:35 AM - OMG because in most colleges, you have to write lol! See, this right here is why we have to bring it back. That is sad.

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    10. Jobs too 8:37! You be surprised that even doctors don't use computers for everything.

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    Good for them. Their daughters have a chance to go to school
    Very everyday & Go to college.
    Deep down Jinger is part of
    This family her first love is
    Dad. Daughters who had dads
    Around their lives are their 1st
    Loves as in their protectors.
    Congrats to Jinger again for
    Her book & Jeremy' being her
    Hero. Happy Sunday Everyone.
    Time 8:26AM Sun 2/12/23

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    1. Homeschool kids get accepted into colleges more often then kids go to regular school do. Check the logistics. It's sad that our school systems have been failing, even pre-2020.

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    2. @1:35 Then you could also say that regular school kids go on to get trade jobs more than homeschooled kids. Think about that next time you need your a/c fixed or your car fixed or your deck rebuilt. Be glad for vo-tech training in public school.

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    3. @1:35 Public schools are required to take everyone, regardless of ability.

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    4. Anon 1:35. That's a very misleading statistic as it ignores the huge differences in socio-economic factors between homeschooled kids and kids in the public schools. Very few homeschooled kids come from poor and disadvantaged homes and therefore the comparison is flawed from the get go.

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    5. 1:35 PM - What is sad that a lot of parents didn't realize that their children's schools was failing them until they had to do E-learning. I started homeschooling my kids after that and sadly they was behind in so much stuff!

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    6. @5:37 What a shame. Were they behind in grammar?

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    7. Anon 5:37 If they "was" behind in so much stuff, how did you, as a parent, let it get to that point? Didn't you check report cards? Test grades? Homework? Didn't you notice anything wrong? It's your responsibility too to make sure your kids aren't failing, not just the school's.

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    8. 5:37, and not to mention at the time of e-learning, a lot of them only has to solve ONE math problem. They don't have spelling tests anymore and they don't practice writing.

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    9. Guess I'd better tell my old calculus teacher that he was wrong to send us to the blackboard to solve ONE problem in front of the class. If you paid attention to what the other students were solving, you were learning.

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    10. 11:45, that’s incorrect. My granddaughter has a weekly spelling test. One math problem? Really? Please just stop with the generalizations. Maybe where you live that’s the case (I doubt it) but certainly not everywhere.

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    11. I know of homeschoolers that out test public schooled kids 😁

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    12. @1:35, not in ths country, they do not. List actual statistics.

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    13. I took my children out of school too during the pandemic because how they was teaching wasn't working. Now my kids are excelling in so much and now we are learning Spanish. I think you just need to do what's best for your kids and not judge what other parents do.

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    14. My goodness 8:39, so many different stories from you about your homeschooling and how your kids was doing!

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    15. Well, yeah, the kids will get a chance to go to school. But at the same time, Jinger will have a chance to have much more free time, go sit in coffee shops, go shopping, maybe even get a job? So far they were living on the money from the TV show, from online ads, now she did a book. Possibly Jinger would want to have a job. But if not, still her life will be much easier with kids being out of the house for most of the day.

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  7. Do what's best for your children. Regular schooling and homeschooling is almost equally beneficial. I have dyslexia and homeschool helped me tremendously. Schools didn't have classes to help deal with dyslexia like they do now. Some still don't. I didn't have to be rushed to learn. I was never stressed out. I had clear skin when I was a teen because of it lol. I also still got to do sports at my local school.

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    1. I agree both can be good. It has be good homeschooling though. The duggars choices through iblp seemed rather lacking. My sons homeschooling and he's flourished

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    2. Thats awesome km. My son is in homeschooling too and is so smart. He can also write and read cursive and speak Latin

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    3. They had 6 years of Latin offered in public school when I went, junior high and high school levels. It was an elective. You could take French, Spanish, German, or Latin. You had to take at least a year of at least one of those in order to graduate. Most kids took some sort of foreign language for multiple years or all 6 years. I took 6 years of French and 2 of Spanish. Latin is coming back these days, I hear.

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  8. There is nothing wrong with homeschooling. I applaud Jinger's decision. It's her decision because she is the parent. However, I think a lot of the bad rep homeschooling gets is mostly out of jealousy that some parents don't have time to be able to homeschool their children. Homeschool kids are usually highly intelligent and get one-on-one time to work on things versus a public school system that does not give kids fair enough time. All they care about is that i-ready test. Back in the day it was called i-step. Homeschool gets a lot of advantages as well and almost always gets accepted to any college. I plan on homeschooling my kids for sure.

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  9. I hope they put those girls in a private school if they can't manage to find a good public school because anymore these public schools are jokes. Bullying is on a all time high and that I have to blame the parents. There's only so much a school facility can do.

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    1. News flash - Bullying happens at private schools too, especially if the kids whose parents can afford the high tuition pick on the kids who are there on scholarship. Private schools can have quite an income difference among families, and the "rich" kids know that.

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    2. 3:43 PM - Private school bullies get better punishment though and not a "2 week suspension".

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    3. 5:53 You know this how?

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    4. Really, 5:35? What "better punishment" do private school bullies get? Spa days and private therapy sessions?

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    5. You get kicked out of private schools easily for bullying.

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    6. Private schools don't play lol. Especially the parents, you better have good lawyers.

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    7. Jinger never had to deal with bullying, and Jeremy was playing soccer, not an object for bullies. It seems like Jinger might not have liked her childhood, and she is taking the opposite approach just to have something opposite. Many parents do this, they don't want their kids to experience the same as they did.

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  10. I wish people would stop judging parents about their children's education. Do what is right for your child. Public school, private school, homeschool... It's school! They are learning the same exact things and they get the same exact opportunities.

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  11. Oh, that's sad. Hope it's not true. I'm not against the idea of public school in theory, but in America it is very poorly executed. This is likely a knee jerk reaction on their part to Jinger's own less than ideal education using Gothard's materials. .

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    1. Let's not forget that Jinger has a husband who has a say in his daughters education, based on his own beliefs and life experience.

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    2. That's why I said THEIR part...

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  12. I homeschooled my children all the way through until graduation. They are well adjusted adults, successful in college and/or careers. They were able to have experiences and opportunities that they never would have had if they were in a brick and mortar school. Most importantly, they had an education that was geared toward their needs, abilities and interests. They missed out on nothing! They attended proms, attended homeschool co-ops and had wonderful graduation ceremonies. It was an awesome journey that they, and I, are both grateful for. I consider it one of the greatest blessings in my life.

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    1. My children attended public schools and universities. They were able to have experiences and opportunities in abundance. Their educations were geared toward their needs, abilities, and interests. They missed out on nothing and I'm very grateful to all the hardworking teachers who helped to set them on the right path through their expertise and encouragement. Our children and public schools have made us very proud.

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    2. Funny, I and many others had the same experiences with kids in public schools.

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    3. My children are public school graduates. Not only did they graduate with a solid education in two languages (French and English), they both attended university and earned graduate degrees in STEM fields. Prom? Who cares about that? Proms and over-the-top graduation ceremonies are NOT important. Here, there is ONLY one Prom, for the graduating class, and not every student attends. Many do not. .No, a private school would not have provided them with the same level of opportunities. In fact, their highschool (which also covered lower income, immigrant area) is rated the top in this city for STEM. Do not knock public schools. Private schools are many times not worth the money.

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    4. You all do know that you can learn different languages at home? Homeschools kids can also still go to prom and do sports at other schools. They allow homeschools to join them. So yeah...

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    5. 8:42 - I was homeschooled and I loved it. I was given the same opportunities, maybe even better. I got to learn two different languages, French and Spanish. I went on a lot of educational field trips and I got to join sports at local schools near me. I am not sure how it is now but back when I was a kid, you had to pay for all the sports stuff but because I was homeschooled it was free. Homeschool kids didn't have to pay for anything. No payments for uniforms or equipment. I also got to go on trips with local schools for free. I got to visit France, Scotland and Romania. The whole trip was paid for by the school. It might be different on how your local public schools do things. I remember people use to be jealous of me because of it. I learned to ignore them. I still attended school dances, proms and graduation. The public school that I attended for sports gave graduation ceremonies for the homeschool kids the same day as the public school kids. I went to college and I am on my last year now :)

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    6. 8:54 PM - I got to go to Europe back in 2002 when I was homeschooled and the trip was paid by a local school too. I was the only student there that was homeschooled and I was so home sick but it's one of my best memories. I am still friends with the students I went with on that trip.

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    7. I think it's commandable that you w ere able to spend so much time with your children and homeschool them. It is much easier to dump kids at school and then go and do your own think, work, have coffee breaks, chat with adult coworkers, go shopping...

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  13. Before someone comes on here to twist Jingers words, just because she is not homeschooling her daughters, does not mean she is against homeschooling. Nor is there anything wrong with homeschooling.

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  14. California has good private schools. Don't put them in public schools!

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    1. The public schools in California are pretty rough.

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    2. 9:02 PM - I agree. It's worse in the South of California.

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  15. Unfortunately newspapers like The Sun like to sensationalize stories in an attempt to make themselves look good.

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  16. Instead of pulling your kids out of public school or bad-mouthing what you think goes on there, how about working to CHANGE things?!! Schools need volunteers, mentors, PTA workers, donations for social programs, and so on. If you have the time to homeschool, you have the time to volunteer to make public school a better place! Be a shining light and a good example, not a complainer. I don't mean getting yourself elected to the school board so you can push some personal agenda on everyone else, dictate curriculum, ban books... Just look around, see what's going wrong on the student level, and then work to FIX IT. Are the kids hungry, cold, tired, not getting homework help at home, acting out because nobody is listening to them, and so on. You can be the change!! Our neighborhood supports the local elementary school by filling backpacks with food every Friday to send home with kids who might not otherwise get meals. We also collect winter clothing to distribute, pay for eye exams and glasses, and we've even donated mattresses for kids who had no beds of their own. Grassroots effort, it took off, and it WORKS. If you think kids in public school are bad "just because" and parents are to blame, you are out of touch with what some of those kids and parents are going through. It won't fix itself!

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    1. If you had time to write this, that means you aren't doing much either. While people do volunteer, it still doesn't help because people are not being parents either. My kids school had a meeting with all the kids last week due to all the fights that has been going on and this is 3rd grade! They are pushing teachers over and disrupting the whole class.

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    2. @11:43 I work in a public school system; this is my 23rd year. Compared to just a few short years ago, the behavior has gotten worse. There's still a lot of good kids, but the disrespect, etc is the worst I've ever seen. They just don't care.

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    3. 11:43 Once again you're off base. How do you know how much time they spend volunteering "unless you know them personally." Most volunteers have some time at home afterwards. Surprised?

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    4. 11:43, I can't believe you said volunteering doesn't help. Obviously you don't volunteer anything except your opinion.

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    5. I'll stick to homeschool..thanks!

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    6. I am a public school teacher in a primary grades. It is a war zone. Something akin to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The are a growing number of mentally unstable children in ALL demographics of this country. I am a homeschool advocate for those who are able.

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    7. @11:43, How do you know the poster is not doing much? The poster did not have to take a very long time to post the response. She/he could be a very educated person who finds writing "tres facile" as we say here. I volunteered when my children were in school and my time made a difference. I do not know what the schools are like where you live but here, public school teachers are HIGHLY skilled. They have higher creditionals and are paid more than any private school teacher. Private school teachers tend to be those who were not hired by the public school board and/ or do not have the necessary creditionals.

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    8. This is my 14th year of being a elementary school teacher. There is a huge difference between the behaviors I seen from my 1st year to this year. There is a lot more disruption and fights in classrooms these past five years. It makes it hard for the kids that actually want to learn. I tell parents all the time when they take their kids out of school to homeschool them, I say "I don't blame you." :(

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    9. Anon 7:39. What can we expect from our kids when the behavior of the ADULTS in this coulntry is so bad. My state is considering banning parents from school sports events because of the behavior of the PARENTS. Youth sports can't get people to refree/umpire games because of the abuse they are subjected to by the parents. Then there's the daily "road rage" incidents where people seem to have no problem shooting anyone that does something they don't like in traffic. Until the adults clean up their act we can't expect our children to behave well in school.

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    10. 2:54 - But it doesn't matter if they ban them or not the kids are still learning from them at home.

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    11. And this is why I walked out of two different schools the past two years 8:46. And from what I heard from my old co-workers, things haven't change. Teachers don't get paid good enough to try and teach a child that has no rules at home or come from a very unstable home life. They need help and therapy. And the parents need to learning parenting skills instead of trying to be their kids best friends and bow down to them.

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    12. 12:12 PM - I am sorry to hear that :( Public schools are nothing but a jungle.

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  17. Who here home schools their kids using Wisdom Booklets from IBLP? Other than Michelle Duggar. Have you ever read those things? Wow, what an "education."

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  18. I think demeaning public schools in favor of homeschooling or private schools is rather insulting to public school teachers who have spent years qualifying to teach our children. They are requaired to teach ALL children that are in the system no matter what their abilities, circumstances or emotional issues. They do their best often in very trying situations and for the most part our children get a good education. Not every family can afford to have a parent stay home and teach their children or can they afford to send their children to a private school. Not all children coming out of homeschooling have a superior education by any means. The Duggar offspring certainly don't!!

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    1. You're right, 9:35. Too many parents use school as a free babysitter too, then complain that the teacher is being "unfair" or "no good" when Johnny misbehaves because of something that was never corrected at home.

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    2. Well, they was smart enough to learn how to fly planes while regular kids think they can fly planes because they play video games.

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    3. @11:41 Commercial pilots train on simulators that are very much like video games, minus the fun gaming themes.

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    4. "Video game" flight simulators are very useful training. The military uses them, not that the Duggars would ever think about joining or go to college to qualify to be Navy or Air Force officers.

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    5. Anon 11:41. Are you for real? No one thinks they can "fly a plane" because they can play a video game.

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    6. 11:41 what criteria do you use to classify someone as “regular”? Are you implying the Duggar kids are superior to everyone else? You seem to be full of generalizations, but I get the feeling you are making comments just to stir up people.

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    7. 11:41 They “was?”

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    8. Video games does not help you fly airplanes. There is a difference between that and a simulator lol. Omg ya'll.

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    9. Wrong, 8:47. Microsoft's first flight video game, Microsoft Flight Simulator, has been around since 1982, and pilots have used that game to help train themselves and hone their flying skills. The 9/11 terrorists used it to familiarize themselves with the controls of large jets, even though they had been to flight school. In fact, back in the day, that game included the New York skyline including the World Trade Center. Microsoft quickly pulled the landmarks out of the software for all future versions because the company didn't want anyone else to be able to use their game to learn how to fly into buildings in New York City. Since then, this game has been suspected as an aide in other terrorist plots (London underground bombings for one), prompting stores in England to pull the game from their shelves. I remember full well the role of that game (and others) in pilot training and potential terrorist attacks, because I had a family member in the video game industry at the time. There was great concern that games were getting too sophisticated and becoming training tools for the wrong reasons.

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    10. I agree. My father was a pilot and there is definitely no video game that is going to teach you those skills. A lot of gamers also made the mistake of joining the army, thinking they would be as good as they are in games. They had a rude awakening.

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  19. I went to public school for most of my life. When I was younger it was harder because my parents were drug/alcoholics and barely sent me to school; so anyway didn't get an decent edecation until I was adopted but even that was hard because my home life was a mess (Adoptive parent was a pedophile) It totally sucked

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  20. The biggest problem I see with homeschooling is when parents try to shield their children from any viewpoints that they disagree with be it political, religious or social. Eventually their children grow up and encounter the rest of the world. Look what happened when Jinger was exposed to new ideas.

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    1. But the majority reason people homeschool their kids these days is to protect them from shootings and giving them a better education that their local schools are not providing. Notice how I said their local schools. I am not saying all public schools are like this.

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    2. Anon 8:49. If parents think they're "protecting" their children from shootings by homeschooling, they are burying their heads in the sand. Shootings occur everywhere and are not restricted to public schools. It's pretty much "open season" anywhere you might go, church, the grocery, mall, parade, park, sporting event, etc. You never know when some angry person with a gun is going to open fire. In my town a man opened fire on cars passing by his house. Two people were killed and three wounded before the cops arrived to deal with him.

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    3. 10:51 - Yes, it happens everywhere. But that's just one less place we have to worry about. So until you are a parent, don't say nothing because you obviously don't understand.

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    4. I think everyone knows that this happens everywhere 10:51, but you berating parents for trying to protect their kids and their innocence is actually more concerning. That's a big red flag.

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  21. Dear Brooklyn: I hope that you are having a fantastic 2nd Birthday!!!!!!!!! (Posted by Here's Hoping.)

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  22. Sending kids to school will definitely give Jinger more free time for herself. Good or bad schooling, but many parents like having kids in school as they are being taken care of there for most of the day and go back into parents care in the afternoon or so.

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  23. Maybe it's a sign that Jinger might want to get a job. So far Duggar daughters are all stay-at-home moms (except for Jana of course) and don't have jobs, just like they were brought up by their parents. Jinger criticized her upbringing in her book, so maybe she considers having a regular job.

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  24. So they aren't afraid of school shootings and woke curriculums? Wow

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  25. Jinger is probably not homeschooling because the laws for homeschool are highly restrictive in California…

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