how do i convince my religious parents to stop homeschooling
skip to "^^" if u don't wanna read a lot. (theres sh mentioned only once at that part, js saying)
Last year, i transferred to a new school- a public one. There, I finally found real friends and made good memories that stayed with me, slowly helping my depression and social anxiety. I was able to achieve many things i never thought i could.
Then came summer break—when everything started to shift. My dad would invite his best friend over more often. Both of our families were deeply religious, and his friend strongly believed in homeschooling his son. One afternoon, my dad called me over to join their conversation, and I listened as they talked about faith, values, and that homeschooling could make you better. By the end of it, the decision had been made for me before I could share what I really felt about it.
The end of summer break was drawing near. Ever since my parents made the decision, I would protest to them and even opened up about my mental health, hoping that could change their mind and consider how I felt about this homeschooling. But they would just tell me to pray and said i was just a teenager. When Grade 9 arrived, I wasn’t going back to the school I had finally begun to feel at ease. Instead, I stayed home. Piles of books on the table I'm expected to finish by the end of grade 9.
2 months passed. My friends texted me less and the worst part is that I moved away. I moved in an area where I knew no one, and stores weren't even walking distance. My mental health worsened, even worse than it had been before I transferred to that school last year. My parents wouldn't allow me to hangout with any of my friends from my public, only the other homeschool kids I meet up with every Monday. They don't even fw me because ig im js not their type of people. ?
^^ So ever since I started homeschooling, I’ve basically become a loner-with my social skills slipping away once again, my depression getting worse day by day and I've moved away to a place where i know no one. My parents don’t seem to take my mental health seriously and just tell me to pray: they don't care if i cut myself and they even refused the medication my therapists recommended. I no longer take therapy because I don't like opening up to strangers I'm expected to trust. Ever since I stared homeschooling, I've learned nothing. In all subjects, they either explain very little how to solve things, or expect me to just understand it. My parents are sick of my complaints, so next grade, they decided to put me in hybrid or something (like half homeschooling, half going to school). But I really just want to go to school completely. I have troubles with my parents and I cant imagine staying the whole day with my mom again (i don't want to write details why) , even if it would be half a week. I miss grade 8. Please give me advice! I don't want to have an adult life where my social skills are gone and to have a hard time while everyone is already married and stuff..