Influencers and homeschool

Hot take maybe?
Anyone else find it odd that social media has become so performative that we have so many mom influencers talk about homeschooling (doing learning activities) their child meanwhile the child is 2-3 years old.. like yeah I fear that’s just called parenting lol saying you’re homeschooling because you taught your kid the ABC’s is actually wild to me because why is it now being treated like going above and beyond or as if they’re making a specific choice to do these things. Like if they didn’t choose to “homeschool” (probably so they can make content about it) would they just not be teaching their kids these things lol (this obviously doesn’t apply to school age kids that are actually doing homeschool)

I guess the bigger picture is how odd it is to watch content creators make a spectacle out of everything they can so that they can make money off of it, I hope it most moms can see it for what it is and don’t feel like they aren’t doing enough.

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NOSEY NOT NOISY 🥴 brb gonna go homeschool myself now

This is very interesting to me. I’ve homeschooled for 7 years. I don’t have any social media. (I guess this is) but no Facebook, no instagram(ever), no Snapchat, no TikTok. Truly nothing. I didn’t even know people were using homeschool as an influencer status. It’s very weird to me. I’m super old school, my 14 year old does not have cell phone. He pays for his own landline. I teach cursive so they can read the constitution. This is a very different topic. I’m interested in hearing what others have to say.

I plan to homeschool. Have for years. It takes work, time, and patience. I agree that there are a lot of performative homeschooling videos out there. Some say that they covered this topic or that because they took the kids grocery shopping with them. It's weird. I haven't seen anyone tooting their horns for homeschool just for teaching their 3 yo the alphabet, though I believe it. I also think on the flip side there are parents who send their kids to school and don't even do that bare minimum. So it's sort of a cultural phenomenon.

Social media is fake, everything you see online can't be trusted. "Influencers" are just freelance actors that get a schtick and sell it.

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