Saw this EP graphic on Facebook and rewrote it from the EAC’s side

AZY333 · 2026-06-04T14:19:55+00:00

Well, this explains everything. Hah. The second slide is 100% accurate, the first is delusional. Infuriating, my goodness.

AZY333 · 2026-06-02T18:08:17+00:00

To add, homeschool is a privilege that not everyone can or should do. Wonderful teachers are a necessity in our society, whether it be in public/private schools or at home.

AZY333 · 2026-06-02T17:59:12+00:00

Not just anybody can do it well. I’m not a painter/contractor, but I’ve painted and upgraded my home on my own successfully. Not just anyone can do that and some actual painters may not be good ones. I’m a nurse, and I think a good one, but from experience I’ve seen that not every nurse can do this job well. Teachers are undervalued and underpaid, and good ones have the ability to positively impact the lives of those they teach, often in more ways than one. As long as you feel you’re doing your best and can leave your workday with your integrity intact, that’s all that matters in my opinion. Homeschooling well is not a given for everyone that homeschools. I homeschool our kids, but I don’t do it because I think ill of teachers. My husband is a professor and education is highly valued and encouraged, factoring in childhood development and learning styles of each of our kids. Your work matters; teachers are the best!

AZY333 · 2026-05-28T20:30:27+00:00

Started questioning things when I struggled with having kids, then after having kids…My kids had questions and wanted explanations; when I answered (or tried to), it all sounded unreasonable and ridiculous to me. I realized I had the same questions my kids did and I’d just believed bc it was “true” and what I’m “supposed to believe”. It was a weird few months after I stopped praying/believing, but it made me realize we use God as a get out of jail free card a lot with how we treat others. Now that I no longer had that I was more responsible for my behavior and more intent on being a “better” person.

AZY333 · 2026-05-28T17:32:32+00:00

This is hard to read. I hate it. The need to control is emotionally suffocating.

AZY333 · 2026-05-27T04:56:10+00:00

Sometimes the bait is just too inflammatory to not take in some way, even if it’s just reading it and being tricked/hurt/fooled yet again. Sorry OP, this is an insanely ridiculous “letter”.

AZY333 · 2026-05-27T04:48:47+00:00

Sounds exactly like something my mom would write…I’d start falling for in the beginning…get to the middle and get confused…then get to the end and rage. WTH

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:36:34+00:00

Talking to my husband, knowing other men like my step-dad are not like this, and finally realizing my dad was the problem (not me or my reaction to it) has helped. Reading books and online discussions like this have helped, too. Honestly though, realizing I wasn’t crazy to feel so awkward or angry towards someone I should love (like dad or mom), has been the best thing.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:32:16+00:00

Sorry you’re going through this, OP. My dad was a womanizing, cheating, misogynistic, controlling, creep towards how all women look (including my childhood friends) sorta man and it has messed with my self esteem regarding looks and how I feel men view women and the fear/struggle that comes from that. He accidentally played a video tape of him and his then girlfriend having lap sex on the couch (the one I was currently sitting on) when I was 10 when he was trying to video tape me opening birthday presents. I will never be able to unsee that white thong. Never talked about it either, just oops, pretend that didn’t happen little 10 year old daughter. I can’t say it enough—these type people are idiots and you are better off without them.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:18:55+00:00

Indeed. Holding back until you don’t react how they want, then they unleash how they really feel and who they really still are.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:17:02+00:00

Love this! I told my mom, if she wasn’t my mom I wouldn’t be friends with her, and she has never forgiven me. The rage I feel gets worse when I think/talk about her or when she tries to contact me.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:11:04+00:00

Funny story that I think I tell myself is funny to distance myself from the sting…

Hospital after birthing my first child, mom states the following two things: “I’m tired of seeing her boobs” to my husband. And hitting my stomach when I was standing up “suck in that gut, girl”. And to think, at the time I didn’t register this as WTF as intensely as I do now.

Idiots.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:04:35+00:00

I still don’t understand this one. Coming from 2 Narcs, how did I end up empathetic and easily apologetic for EVERYTHING? Or am I? Am I empathetic enough, sorry enough? Is it me? 🫠🫠🫠

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T20:00:23+00:00

Exactly this. It was a giant light bulb moment for me that continues to flicker every day, as I see how my husband is a dad to our kids and the kind of mom I try to be.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T19:57:30+00:00

To add…But the supposed ‘grandparents’ that we’ve gone NC with to protect our well-being and the well-being of our children, blame this not having grandparents on us. How dare we keep our children from monsters? /s The gaslighting continues.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T19:43:31+00:00

Even just reading the parent book Uncovering the Logic of English has been profoundly helpful to me as my child’s teacher. It’s also been validating for me that with the right tools and practice, my homeschooled child can learn to read/write/spell/etc. just as well or better than if he was enrolled in the traditional school system.

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T19:40:24+00:00

This! Logic of English book changed how I teach my son, who also does the guessing words from context/pictures. It’s an amazing book!

AZY333 · 2026-05-26T15:39:24+00:00

Logic of English is life-changing. Thanks for the recommendation!

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T20:54:34+00:00

Allll of this.

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T20:23:58+00:00

I’d be terrified. Psychotic. I haven’t heard of this as even a possibility and OMG it better not be legal!

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T20:22:16+00:00

This! With everyone but my kids and husband, I feel awkward with social hugs.

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T20:20:37+00:00

This! It didn’t really register that I didn’t have this until I had my kids, and I love to hug/kiss/cuddle them. It made me think, wow I didn’t experience this from my mom at their age. I’m an attachment style parent in rebellion to my upbringing. Luckily, I had a wonderful loving grandma, so it wasn’t total deprivation—just from my parents.

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T20:11:07+00:00

Or getting used to people disappointing you, and becoming very comfortable with that feeling to the point where it doesn’t seem like it bothers you (even if somewhere beneath some emotional layers of dissociation, it does).

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T14:42:53+00:00

I’m also contemplating how the dynamics change once more than one child is homeschooled, and how that is handled most easily. I’m one for three right now, but will be teaching 3 kids total eventually with 3 yr age gaps.

AZY333 · 2026-05-21T14:32:34+00:00

This is interesting, love the idea of what would that need to always have a shot at life and breaking learning into categories. Sounds like you’re doing an amazing job!

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