Loose Women's Stacey Solomon has defended her decision to take her children out of school and homeschool them instead.
In her column for The Sun, Stacey spoke about the choice that was made last September which was something "we've been pondering over for a few years", adding that she chose to do it as she realised Zachary's personality changing.
She reflected that Zachary used to be "often cheeky and making jokes", but during his second year at school, he began to lose those elements of his personality.
"He would come home from school embarrassed to make jokes and be silly and he became very quiet and a little sad. We spoke about this a lot and he explained to me that his behaviour was deemed naughty and disruptive by teachers and not cool by his peers," Stacey explained.
"As time went on and Zachary got older it became uncool to be clever so his grades started dropping and his attitude rising. Yes, even at 10. I didn't want to believe it started that early either but apparently it does!"
Stacey noted that she doesn't want her decision to be seen as "school bashing or teacher bashing" and stressed that homeschooling isn't for everyone. "Yes, it's controversial and not everyone will agree with me but parents have to make their own decisions," she noted.
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"No-one should judge them and you shouldn't feel judged. When it comes to raising your kids I firmly believe everyone should do it their own way and not judge what everyone else is doing."
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