Family · Nationwide · August 26, 2026
Podcast Hosts Call Christian Homeschooling 'Child Abuse'
An opinion piece published by AOL.ca (syndicated from USA Today) responds to comments made on the podcast "I've Had It" by cohosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan. In a July 14 episode, Sullivan called wanting to be with one's children "weird as f---" and said she doesn't "trust somebody that wants to be with their kids 24/7," adding that "a lot of dumb people do it 'cause it's easier." Welch called homeschooling a "crazy Christian problem" and said, "I think it's selfish for parents to push a religion on a child. ... I think it's all child abuse, honestly." The column notes the podcast received an award at GLAAD's annual dinner, where Welch used her acceptance speech to say "F--- Donald Trump" and "save trans kids!" The author, a homeschool graduate and Notre Dame alumna, cites data showing homeschoolers outperform public school peers academically and defends her mother's decision to homeschool eleven children while raising them in the Christian faith.
Source: AOL.ca
Why Bible-Believing Christians Should Care
This is a clear example of secular cultural elites treating the transmission of Christian faith to one's own children as a form of abuse rather than a parental right protected by both Scripture and law. When public figures with media platforms and institutional honors (GLAAD) equate instilling religious conviction with harm, they are not merely mocking a schooling method — they are recasting biblical child-rearing itself as a social pathology to be corrected or restricted. Christian parents should expect this rhetoric to migrate from podcasts into policy debates over homeschool regulation, curriculum mandates, and child welfare standards. Scripture is unambiguous that parents bear the primary responsibility for their children's moral and spiritual formation, and Christians should be prepared to articulate and defend that conviction publicly.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6
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— Chapter 18, “The Expert Against the Parent”
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