Time To Abandon Ship?

I don’t share a lot of public details, but I have shared that I have three small children at home.

Two in elementary school.

One not yet in elementary.

And I wonder almost every day if I should pull them out of public school and send them to private school.

It’s a tough decision for so many reasons….

But when I see stuff like this, it really starts to push the scale in favor of going HOME SCHOOL!

From my friend Connor Boyack:

A friend of mine recently remarked that there were, “no good reasons left for families to have their kids in public education,” and that, “any and all sacrifices should be made to get them out.”

At first that sounded kind of harsh, but I know her pretty well, and I know that she used to believe that there was some good left in public ed, and that alternative education wasn’t always the best decision for every family and every situation. So I asked her what had changed her mind—why was she now adamant that there was no length to which parents shouldn’t go to get their kids out of the “system”?
She pointed to a culmination of the last two years—covid policy, teacher activism at a fever-pitch, abysmal education outcomes—but said that the proverbial straw was a tweet she saw earlier this week:

It’s hard to argue with how bad things really are when you see stuff like this.

I can’t imagine the psychological impact this must have had on the child who sent that text message to their parent, or the impact it must have had on the parent. Those are feelings that were once experienced by only a very small percentage of people, and those people often required a lot of therapy to deal with the trauma. Now we’ve got this type of thing happening nationwide, and at a scale that would have previously been impossible to imagine.

Is this really helping? Or is this making a much bigger problem for what is already a generation of kids that seems to struggle with mental health and well-being?

I read an article the other day about a mom who made the tough choice to pull her very young child out of school because she just couldn’t rationalize subjecting her to active shooter drills. I get that.

Parents are hard-wired to protect their kids from harm of any kind, but what happens when it becomes necessary to inflict some harm in order to potentially protect a child from some greater harm? I can think of some situations where that would be something I might be willing to do, but I’m pretty sure that being able to have my kids in school would not be one of them.

I think I’m starting to understand where my friend is coming from. At what point is it all too much? And is there even any way to fix it? I consider the old frog in the pot analogy and can’t help but see public ed as the water, and parents as the frog.

John Taylor Gatto warned parents a long time ago that the public education system wasn’t designed to help kids become the best and most successful versions of themselves. He even recognized the potential it had to cause a breakdown of the family unit saying, “Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents….” He dedicated his life to helping save kids and families from a system that he thought was actively causing harm. We think his work is so important that we wrote a book about it!

How far have things come since then? How much hotter has the water gotten? Social media is full of teachers who view themselves as prophets for their various lifestyles and ideologies—they are evangelical in the belief that it is their job to convert (they might call it “liberate”) as many of their students (other people’s children!) into their belief systems as possible.

And it’s working. I fear that parents greatly overestimate the influence they have on their children who spend the better part of their most formative years in the care and company of activist teachers.

So what must be done?

I don’t know if I’m fully in the camp of my friend who says that parents absolutely must get their kids out now, but I also don’t know that I think things are likely to get better anytime soon. And I wonder what the cost will be for parents who choose to stick it out while they work to make improvements. How many kids might be sacrificed in order to fix a system that, at its heart, is anti-family, anti-individual, and frankly, anti-actual education?

I think a lot of families have some tough decisions to make in coming years, and I’m glad that we’ve created a place where parents from all walks of life—and at all stages of home, public, private, or other education—can come to find community, and to have access to real resources that actually offer answers to why the world seems to have gone crazy, and what we can do to keep our families and communities learning and thriving.

Whether or not public school is the right path forward is something every family will have to decide on their own—heck even the Tuttle Twins were in public school for a good part of their lives! But the good news is, you don’t have to be a homeschool parent to supplement your kids’ education with books and curriculum that teach them the truth about the way the world works, and how to find their place in it.

So whether you’re a veteran homeschooler, a busy charter school member, or following a more traditional education path, we’ve got tools to help you influence your kids for good and teach them the principles of a free and prosperous society.

After all, if you don’t, who will?

— Connor

Very scary, isn’t it?

I’d love to know what you do…

For those of you/us who haven’t yet or can’t make the move to full-time homeschool, is there a middle ground solution?

I’m happy to say there is.

Or at least something that can help you bridge the gap….

One Of My Newest Favorite Things [From NOAH]

Noah here, and I am really excited to tell you about something new.

This is directly from me and written from the heart.

I don’t reveal too many personal details about myself, but I have little children at home.

I won’t print their ages in here or tell you how many, but they’re growing fast and the future they will inherit in this country is one of the reasons I work so hard at what we do here at WeLoveTrump!

We’re in a battlefield for the future of our country, and that means the future they will live in.

So I’ve had this idea for the past 5-7 years since I first started this website that I wanted to produce some books that would help explain the world to all of our kids.

One of my main goals with WeLoveTrump is to make the news SIMPLE.

If you’ve noticed, we try and get right to the point in our stories…

We write things in an easy to understand way.

We don’t use a 10-cent word if a 2-cent word will work just as well.

We write in short paragraphs and short sentences.

Why?

Because it makes things easy to understand quickly, and that means more of our message gets out to more people!

So I’ve always had this idea that I wanted to take that same concept and transfer it into books for kids, teaching them things like Conservative Values, money management, God, faith, right and wrong….you know, the kinds of things this country was founded on.

I’ve never had the time to actually do it, and now I’m really glad I didn’t.

Why?

Because I just found someone who took the idea and ran with it…and truth be told has done it so well and so wonderfully that I couldn’t have done it better myself!

That’s high praise and very well deserved.

I’d like to introduce you to The Tuttle Twins…you’re going to love this.

If you’re tired of having your kids exposed to THIS all day in school:

Then it’s time to shield them up!

It’s Ephesians 6 folks:

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Stop sending them out like lambs to the slaughter…

Shield them up!

The books are relatively new but are already a huge success and setting new sales records every day.

And for good reason:

I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this and I’m buying the full set for my kids.

But here’s why I wanted to tell you about this today…

Two big reasons:

ONE: I know we have a ton of parents and grandparents reading this and we’re less than 60 days out from Christmas.  Yeah, sorry to set in the panic, but it’s go time for presents!

Sure you can get your kids or grandkids some more toys, and that’s fine, but maybe slip in one or two of these books with your presents?

It’s the perfect gift for many of you reading this.

TWO: As always, I never leave you high and dry.

Readers of WeLoveTrump can get 50% off any order but it’s this weekend only!

Use code VETERAN at check out to get 50% off.

Ends Sunday night so don’t delay.

Who loves ya baby?

I get your Christmas shopping done, I shield up your kids and grandkids, and I save you 50% while doing it!

Woo woo!

See them all here:

Here’s more directly from the Tuttle Twins company:

What Makes Our Books So Different?

The Tuttle Twins’ Book Series Introduces Important Ideas That Schools Don’t Teach.

There aren’t any other children’s books that present a vast array of free-market topics in such a fun way. The books teach relevant freedom-based concepts that most of us were never taught as kids. But it’s not too late!

The Tuttle Twins books challenges children to learn “adult” ideas—and they love it! We explain these ideas simply, and with helpful illustrations… and we’ve been amazed at how well kids rise to this challenge. Yours will, too.

These stimulating stories encourage children to make sense of the world—and we’ve heard so much fun stories about how this is working so well.

One mom wrote us this: “I took my kids to the grocery store a few days after we read one of the Tuttle Twins books about free markets. We were walking down the chip aisle when my son pointed to the 18 kinds of potato chips and said Hey, that’s spontaneous order! I kid you not. My kids know economic ideas that I didn’t even understand until we read the book together. So awesome!”

And I recently got this email from another mom: “I’ve been so anxious about the state of our world and what to share with my children. Now we read Tuttle Twins books each night and it has been so helpful to talk to my kids about things like individual rights, the proper role of government, and what it means to be free. These discussions are so meaningful to our family, and they wouldn’t be happening without these books. Thank you so much!”

That’s what our books are about: helping you have amazing conversations with your children about the ideas that built our amazing country but which are now under attack.

For too long, parents have lacked a language to communicate these concepts to their kids.

But not any longer. That problem has been solved with the Tuttle Twins books!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_iQuG397U

I love this company for so many reasons, and here’s one more…

Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed:

Not happy with what you get?

Return it for a full refund.

Connor’s Your-Kids-Will-Love-The-Tuttle-Twins-Or-I-Will-Refund-Your-Money-And-You-Keep-The-Books Guarantee!

Help the children in your life learn these important ideas by purchasing the books now. Over 500,000 families have already bought the books for their kids. Can you guess how many families didn’t like them and demanded a refund? Nine.

Needless to say, our young readers love these books!

Worried that you’re not sure you’ll love them? No problem! The risk is all on our end. If you don’t like them, let us know within 30 days of purchase and you can keep the books. I will immediately refund your money.

Yes — I’m THAT confident your family will benefit from these books. No questions asked. No hassle. And with that guarantee, there’s no reason to not get these books for your kids.

You’ve got nothing at all to lose. So give your children a foundation of freedom today!

STRONG AND COURAGEOUS: Your Children Need This…TAP HERE

In liberty,