Just about this time, you think it can’t get any crazier; this happens!
In an era where tolerance is preached as the highest virtue, a vocal segment of progressive elites has revealed a glaring intolerance: disdain for parents who choose to homeschool their children, particularly those grounded in Christian values.
Recent commentary from leftist podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan exemplifies this disturbing trend, framing parental involvement in education as something sinister rather than sacrificial.
On their platform, Sullivan described homeschooling as “fg weird as fk,” questioning why any parent would want their children around “all day and all night.” She portrayed such families as untrustworthy and suggested that many opt for it simply because it’s “easier” for “dumb people.” Welch escalated the rhetoric, accusing Christian homeschoolers of fearing “critical thinking more than anything on the planet,” labeling them incapable of deduction and part of America’s “crazy Christian problem.” They went so far as to equate raising children in Biblical principles with “child abuse,” while seemingly excusing other cultural practices that many would find far more concerning.
This attack is not isolated. It reflects a broader cultural assault on parental rights by those who claim enlightenment but exhibit profound ignorance about the realities of modern education.
Public schools increasingly expose children to ideological content—
- drag queen story hours,
- critical race theory curricula
- gender ideologies
- Godless evolution
Many parents find it incompatible with their values. Homeschooling allows families to prioritize academics, character formation, and faith without interference. Far from isolation, it often fosters deeper family bonds, community involvement through co-ops, and superior educational outcomes, as numerous studies have shown.
The hypocrisy is striking. These same voices champion “bodily autonomy” for minors in contexts like gender transitions, which involve irreversible medical interventions. Yet teaching children moral absolutes from Scripture—love, stewardship, perseverance—is deemed abusive indoctrination. Welch and Sullivan’s casual dismissal of Christian parenting as “MAGA on steroids” or “trad wife” nonsense exposes their bias: traditional families threaten the progressive vision of state-influenced upbringing.
Data undermines their narrative. While isolated abuse cases occur in every educational setting, research from sources like the National Home Education Research Institute indicates homeschoolers are not at higher risk. In fact, home environments often provide greater safety and accountability than overburdened public systems. Parents who invest time, energy, and resources to educate their own children demonstrate profound commitment, not neglect. Sacrificing careers and income for full-time parenting and teaching is the opposite of “easy.”
This rhetoric serves a larger agenda: eroding parental authority in favor of collective state oversight. By pathologizing homeschooling, particularly Christian variants, these commentators seek to normalize government as the primary educator and moral guide.
Parents have a fundamental right to direct their children’s upbringing, enshrined in America’s founding principles. Homeschooling thrives because families reject failing systems and ideological capture. Rather than mocking “weird” devoted parents, society should celebrate them.
As attacks intensify, families must defend this liberty fiercely—for the sake of their children and the nation’s future.
