Fennick Nym
@fennicknym.bsky.social
ex-homeschooler, collector of hobbies, probably mispronouncing a word
will be jumping on stream in about 90 minutes for some cozy games. Come hang out if you're a homeschool alum and/or no contact with 'family' :3
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November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
will be jumping on stream in about 90 minutes for some cozy games. Come hang out if you're a homeschool alum and/or no contact with 'family' :3
www.twitch.tv/fennicknym
www.twitch.tv/fennicknym
A child's safety and autonomy is always more important than a parent's authority.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A child's safety and autonomy is always more important than a parent's authority.
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We're founded and led by homeschool alumni and those experiences guide our work. If you are an alumni, consider joining us for a December focus group - you’ll be the first to hear about our new legislative and research work and we want to hear what you think is important too. tinyurl.com/CRHEAlumni
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're founded and led by homeschool alumni and those experiences guide our work. If you are an alumni, consider joining us for a December focus group - you’ll be the first to hear about our new legislative and research work and we want to hear what you think is important too. tinyurl.com/CRHEAlumni
I find it interesting that the kids who are currently being homeschooled are not asked if *they* find the socialization adequate.
My mom's reasons for homeschooling me were health and academic related- and yet I only finished maybe 2 textbooks over 9 years, and my health plummeted.
My mom's reasons for homeschooling me were health and academic related- and yet I only finished maybe 2 textbooks over 9 years, and my health plummeted.
Why do you think homeschooling is on the rise? We talked to Newsweek about the challenges of collecting data within the realm of homeschooling and capturing the whole picture, but there’s no denying more and more families are choosing to homeschool. Let us know what you think!
Why homeschooling is still on the rise
The number of children being homeschooled in the U.S. is continuing to rise years after the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I find it interesting that the kids who are currently being homeschooled are not asked if *they* find the socialization adequate.
My mom's reasons for homeschooling me were health and academic related- and yet I only finished maybe 2 textbooks over 9 years, and my health plummeted.
My mom's reasons for homeschooling me were health and academic related- and yet I only finished maybe 2 textbooks over 9 years, and my health plummeted.
Saw this on my walk today and buddy, I relate, but it's time to let go lol
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Saw this on my walk today and buddy, I relate, but it's time to let go lol
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HSLDA is ending Generation Joshua after nearly three decades
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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My therapist: Try to find something stimulating enough to distract your brain from trauma ruminations
Me:
Me:
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My therapist: Try to find something stimulating enough to distract your brain from trauma ruminations
Me:
Me:
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
The hypocrisy is crazy-making. I guess if someone is controversial 'things happen'? Weren't people getting fired a few months ago for saying similar??!?
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The hypocrisy is crazy-making. I guess if someone is controversial 'things happen'? Weren't people getting fired a few months ago for saying similar??!?
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
I wasn't surprised that the offender we called focused on how *inconvenient* protecting kids would be, but I was disheartened all the same. Part of me wants to believe homeschool parents when they say they are trying to 'protect' their kids, but when the reality is *this*, how can I?
We got on the phone with one of the registered child sex offenders who submitted testimony against Illinois' homeschool bill. This is our conversation.
A Registered Sex Offender Explains His Opposition to Homeschool Regulation
"I think it really complicates issues, and I don’t feel like that justifies the extreme hardship it would put on my family if we weren’t allowed to homeschool."
www.spoonbeltandrod.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I wasn't surprised that the offender we called focused on how *inconvenient* protecting kids would be, but I was disheartened all the same. Part of me wants to believe homeschool parents when they say they are trying to 'protect' their kids, but when the reality is *this*, how can I?
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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conspiracy to make a cop go slow
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
conspiracy to make a cop go slow
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So weird that generations of ritualized violence against children at home (and in many states at school) hasn't led to a less violent society. Truly baffling!
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So weird that generations of ritualized violence against children at home (and in many states at school) hasn't led to a less violent society. Truly baffling!
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Hey, here's an idea: don't hit your kids! I call it the "don't hit your kids, you fucking ghoul" style of parenting!
Authoritative parenting is often seen as a pro-child alternative to authoritarian parenting. But research by "parenting styles" creator Diana Baumrind found that "on average, authoritative parents spanked just as much as the average of all other parents."
'Authoritative' isn't the best parenting style | Your Parenting Mojo
Think authoritative parenting is the gold standard? The creator of parenting styles said authoritative parents "spanked just as much as the average of all other parents." There's a better way than con...
yourparentingmojo.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey, here's an idea: don't hit your kids! I call it the "don't hit your kids, you fucking ghoul" style of parenting!
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NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...
ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’
Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...
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"It was just five months ago we had another situation involving a Waterbury child who was homeschooled, who then dropped off the radar screen, only to be discovered allegedly locked up in a house for years."
Questions of homeschooling oversight raised after girl's remains found in New Britain
NBC Connecticut Investigates learned Tuesday that Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia was withdrawn from the New Britain School District last fall. The remains of Torres-Garcia, 12, were found in a bin in...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"It was just five months ago we had another situation involving a Waterbury child who was homeschooled, who then dropped off the radar screen, only to be discovered allegedly locked up in a house for years."
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
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12 year old homeschooled child's remains found in Connecticut home. The parents pulled Mimi from school in August 2024. According to police, she has been dead for over a year
Questions of homeschooling oversight raised after girl's remains found in New Britain
NBC Connecticut Investigates learned Tuesday that Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia was withdrawn from the New Britain School District last fall. The remains of Torres-Garcia, 12, were found in a bin in...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
12 year old homeschooled child's remains found in Connecticut home. The parents pulled Mimi from school in August 2024. According to police, she has been dead for over a year
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Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story
The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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It's because they want to be able to abuse their children without any chance that a trained mandated reporter will notice. That, and to make sure their children never have to see a person who is in any way different from them.
MFL delenda est.
MFL delenda est.
The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It's because they want to be able to abuse their children without any chance that a trained mandated reporter will notice. That, and to make sure their children never have to see a person who is in any way different from them.
MFL delenda est.
MFL delenda est.
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We investigated the witness list from Illinois' homeschool bill and identified at least nine registered child sex offenders submitted testimony against it
Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It
Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.
www.spoonbeltandrod.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We investigated the witness list from Illinois' homeschool bill and identified at least nine registered child sex offenders submitted testimony against it
I *know* that us in Chicago are dealing with *so* much right now- but please dont let homeschoolers who are being abused and have no voice get lost among the other atrocities we are fighting.
"We identified a registered child sex offender currently participating in a local homeschool group. They are a lifetime member of the HSLDA as well as a lifetime member of the national sex offender registry for forcible sexual abuse of a seven-year-old."
Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It
Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I *know* that us in Chicago are dealing with *so* much right now- but please dont let homeschoolers who are being abused and have no voice get lost among the other atrocities we are fighting.