Jenelle Evans is raising some eyebrows from her fans with her decision to homeschool her children. According to her Instagram story, she pulled her children, Kaiser and Ensley, out of school to teach them at home. Her decision doesn’t include Jace, who is 14 years old.
Jenelle shares Kaiser with her ex-husband, Nathan Griffith. Ensley is shared with her estranged husband, David Eason.
Jenelle’s family has raised a few eyebrows before, but her most recent decision to homeschool her children has received backlash. Part of the reason is the method she’s using to teach her children.
In the Instagram story, Jenelle explained that she’d be teaching her kids by taking them to educational facilities in the area. She said that she had taken them to the aquarium the previous day. According to her, the children learned a lot during the visit.
Besides her announcement, the Instagram story also showed a day of homeschooling for her children. Jenelle took Kaiser and Ensley to a local Children’s Museum. The video showed several clips of her children interacting and playing with different exhibits.
One exhibit was about dental hygiene. The kids were able to act out what a typical dentist visit is like. There was also information about dental X-rays and dental health.
Museums Are Not a Replacement For School
They discovered an exhibit about yoga where they copied the instructor’s movements. As with most Children’s Museums, the exhibits introduced certain concepts for children to learn about more in-depth later.
The problem Jenelle’s fans had with her decision to homeschool her children is that it seems as though she just plans on taking them to museums. While museums can provide information about local, regional, and worldwide history, as well as introduce scientific concepts, they’re not schools. Unless she’s testing them and asking questions to ensure they’re retaining the information that the museum is offering, all the children are really doing is just playing.
One viewer even asked Jenelle if she was qualified to homeschool her children. The quality of a child’s education tends to fall upon the teacher and facility in charge of education.
If Jenelle doesn’t have any experience in teaching, she may find it difficult trying to teach her children to grasp concepts. Jenelle answered the viewer’s question, however, by showing off her graduation photos from attending medical assisting college back in 2015.
All the same, just because she has a degree doesn’t mean she’s qualified to teach her kids. Some viewers are upset that she’s chosen to pull her kids out of school because of her lack of qualifications.
Now, some fans might be wondering why the former Teen Mom 2 star chose to homeschool her kids in the first place. Jenelle said it was because she found out the school they were in was not safe.
Jenelle’s Children Have Been in a Stressful Environment
She didn’t go into detail about why this particular school is unsafe compared to others. However, it seems it’s the driving force behind the decision.
Janelle said that she wanted to keep her kids at home, so she could keep an eye on them and keep them safe. She also said that life had been very stressful for them lately, so she thought having them at home would be good for them.
Some of the stress that she might be referring to is her separation from her husband, David. Despite being together for six years, the couple decided to part ways.
However, the legal system in North Carolina has made it difficult for them to divorce. Janelle explained that in the state of North Carolina if you want to get divorced, you have to legally separate and live in two separate addresses for over a year.
The problem they had was that neither she nor David wanted to move out. So, she did some research and found out she could do something called separation by bed and board. No doubt with the intention of getting divorced in the air, that might leave the home feeling a little stressed.
Some fans might also remember that Child Protective Services were also investigating her and David after her son, Jace, ran away from home. Jace claimed that David had assaulted him.
According to US Weekly, those charges were eventually dropped, and Child Protective Services dismissed the case. David denied the accusation. Whatever might be happening in Jenelle’s home, not everyone is happy that her two youngest children will be removed from their friends at school.
