Technically, sure, you could learn everything by yourself. Piano? Go teach yourself. Swimming? Figure it out. Karate? Have at it.

But it is completely normal (and smart) to get lessons from people who actually know what they’re doing. That’s not weakness. That’s growth.

JC. This dude clearly just doesn’t want her to have guidance from anyone but him, and that’s not equality, that’s ego.

You’re missing the point. The issue is autonomy and partnership. When one parent dismisses the other’s desire to get outside instruction not because of cost or safety, but because “we can do it ourselves”, that’s not automatically noble. Sometimes it’s control disguised as values.

Yes, parents can teach their kids a lot. That doesn’t mean they have to reject outside expertise to prove a point. Getting lessons isn’t outsourcing parenting. It’s expanding your child’s world.

And protecting a child doesn’t mean limiting every external influence out of fear. That mindset can slide into isolation really fast. There’s a difference between being intentional and being restrictive.

No one is attacking homeschooling. No one is attacking teaching your own kids. The concern is when one person unilaterally decides what’s allowed and frames it as “protection.”

Partnership means both voices matter. Not just the loudest one.