I’m (29F) done with homeschooling but watching my parents “homeschool” my younger siblings (10F) is just awful.

Has anyone here read Educated by Tara Westover? My friend bought it for me, she said that as she was reading it she was reminded of me and that I will resonate with it.

I hit the part where Tyler is leaving home & he hugs Tara.. that hit me so hard, I felt a shot of pain inside and couldn’t stop the tears, I had to put the book down immediately.

As a middle kid I identified with both Tyler and Tara at that moment. That feeling of abandonment & worry & confusion when my older sibling left. And the mountain of mixed emotions as an older sibling leaving for my own sanity & health but worry for my younger sibs and not being able to pull them out of it…

I live an hour away from my parents and twin sisters, & I visit every month or so. But I feel awful not doing more for my sisters and im not sure what I can do either. they get zero peer interaction, & are just so neglected. They are just starting to read and write now, they are always bored and seem to have anxiety and depression. Which was me at their age. I push my parents to put them in school but they are so stubborn and don’t see how homeschooling has failed me and my three other siblings. I’m pretty sure we all hated it and it screwed us up. And I don’t want my little sisters to be neglected and hindered in life too :(

Any other older siblings here with younger sibs still homeschooling?

P.s. book should come with a trigger warning for homeschooled peeps. I was reading it at work and I was a mess lol. It’s not really casual reading, read it when you have time to compress and reflect.