Tag: secular homeschooling

If someone asks why I chose to teach my kids I say it’s because I just really hate hall passes. Remember how other faculty would talk to you if you didn’t have one? Outrageous. Actually, it’s because I’m over-educated yet underemployed, and because the current school system is built on colonization and outdated standards. Public school was a sensory and learning nightmare for myself and my oldest child. At home the curriculum is better, the schedule makes sense, there’s significantly less chance of physical danger, and no goddamn commandments on the wall. The only thing we struggled to find was a good community.

I eventually found that community and more options for socializing my kid, but on that journey I noticed something gross. The homeschool community is lousy with “God-centered”, “faith-based” (faith not specified but we know what they mean) curriculum. That’s not a surprise. What I wasn’t prepared for were all of the “neutral” and “secular if you blink” curriculum. Now, blatant religious curriculum (not to be mistaken with religious studies) is brainwashing. Full stop, no debate. Neutral and what I like to call “selective-secular” curriculum is special because it lies to kids and educators. Science that ignores evolution and climate change? That’s not scientific. History that erases BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices in order to please the religious buyers is dishonest. It’s not education, it’s straight fucking pandering!

As a card-carrying non-theistic Satanist and a natural shit-stirrer, can I propose that homeschooling be a little more wicked? I don’t mean making blood sacrifices (or educational neglect). We need to clearly communicate that we’re so secular we are downright blasphemous. We should be wearing our pentagrams as we navigate the horrors of the wholesome $300+ curriculum cobbled together by people who think Christopher Columbus was an intrepid person of color or that Harry Potter is the gold standard of children’s lit. I wanna know who my people are! As of 2025, if you do a search for the top recommended secular curriculum you’ll see: portrayals of Indigenous people as extinct or primitive, “comprehensive” history written by someone who refused to include LGBTQ+ figures, language arts curriculum with bigoted statements, curriculum written by a couple of “biblical marriage counselors”, and that’s just the greasy tip of that shepherd’s rod. The devil’s in the details and I’m here to inspect them all.

So here’s what I have to offer!

• Recommendations for truly, OPENLY secular, anti-racist, neurodivergent and LGBTQ+-affirming curriculum and resources written by people with integrity
• Tools and printables that I make myself (full of corruption but free of lies)
• Book lists and vendors that don’t suck
• Laughs, hopefully

What I will not offer:

• Neutrality at the expense of truth
• Prayers
• AI art or cheesy demonic public domain images like “so and so eating his son” or “vlad”
• Other stuff. Still finding my stride, ok?

Hail Satan. Hail yourself.