Homeschool Horizons

My Mom Is Here!

• Season 1 • Episode 15

Share episode

My mom is here! We're talking about AB 84!

Here are the numbers of the Senators to call. 

Sasha Renee Perez 916 651-4025.     Dave Cortese 916 651-4015

Christopher Cabaldon 916 651-4003.        Lena Gonzalez 916 651-4033

Ana Caballero 916 651-4014.  Tim Grayson 916 651-4009

Mike McGuire 916 651-4002.  

You can also call Gov. Newsom's office and leave a message asking him to 

Veto AB84 if it gets to his desk!  916 445-2841



Support the show

You can send me a message or comment at homeschoolhorizons@yahoo.com

SPEAKER_02:

Welcome

SPEAKER_01:

to Homeschool Horizons. This is Yvette. I'm your host. Well, you guys, today I have a very special guest. Um... In the past episodes, I have mentioned my mom a little bit, and it's her. She's here today. My mom is here. Hi, Mom. Do you want to say hi to everybody? Hi,

SPEAKER_02:

everyone. Oh,

SPEAKER_01:

there she is. That's her. She's here today because she is really passionate about us opposing AB 84. And if you are listening to me from another part of the world and you don't even know what I'm talking about, basically what I'm talking about is in the state that I live, there is a bill that has passed. And the next step is for it to pass our Senate. And if it passes our Senate, then it goes to the governor. And if the governor passes it, what it means is it will get rid of homeschooling pretty much. And we are just not willing to let that happen. And my mom doesn't want that to happen. So we, I invited her here today to share with you all from her perspective, because I know there's a and dads that don't support you. And I know some of you have even told me that at least your moms have come around a little bit in understanding about homeschooling. And so I just wanted to come and talk about this whole topic with my mom. So mom, I wanted to ask you, why do you even support homeschooling?

SPEAKER_00:

The agenda that the school districts are pushing on the children, it's about indoctrinating the children with sex. And the books, as far as kindergarten, they are pornographic. And that's what they're trying to teach our children. So I really, I'm very against that. And I'm willing to do whatever I can to support the homeschooling and to call our senators to oppose this because I feel like this will be the beginning of them totally getting rid of homeschool. And I totally disagree with that.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, yeah, yep, you said it. When do you think things changed, Mom? Like, when do you think... Because... I know like I went to public school, you went to public school. One of my sisters, my other sister went to public school, but my little sister went to public school, but then you moved her to a private Christian school. But like, when do you think things began to change in the public school and that we really needed homeschooling?

SPEAKER_00:

I feel like when they started taking God out of schools. They started taking out a pledge of allegiance. They completely wanted to remove God from schools. And I think that's where it all started. And that way has gone just from bad to worse. That's where we're at now.

SPEAKER_01:

Yes, I agree. And why did you move my little sister to a Christian school?

SPEAKER_00:

Basically, I moved her because she was getting bullied at some little girls, her school. And I decided to put her in a private Christian school because I had heard about it through my sister-in-law and a friend. And so I decided to just take her out of that school and put her in the Christian school.

SPEAKER_01:

Was that... Do you remember if that was a big classroom she was in or was it a little bit like a more smaller classroom?

SPEAKER_00:

It was a smaller classroom than a public school.

SPEAKER_01:

Were you happy

SPEAKER_00:

with that little school? I was really happy with that school. My daughter really flourished there. She met her best friends that they're still friends even now. And that's where her growth was her walk with the Lord. started more. So I feel like it was all of it all around was the best decision I made to do that.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I agree. I agree. Did you know about homeschooling when we were

SPEAKER_00:

little? I had not heard about it at all because I don't know why, but I never heard of it until much later, until my youngest daughter was in the Christian school. I heard about it through a friend and through some friends that we met through our church and a Bible study. That's when I started learning a lot more about homeschooling. But before that, I really had not heard about it.

SPEAKER_01:

Do you ever wish that you had

SPEAKER_00:

homeschooled? I really don't know if I would because in those days, schools were very different when I was growing up. We did a picture when they just, you know, it was just completely different than how schools are now. So I really don't know if I would have benefited. Maybe I think I probably would. But I felt like schools were completely different in those days.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, yeah, they were different. That's for sure. What do you think of me and my little sister homeschooling? I,

SPEAKER_00:

I'm very supportive of you both. I really, um, I'm so glad that you guys chose to do this for the, for your children. I see so many more benefits and you doing this, the kids are really flourishing and, um, I, I, they know they don't ever have to go through the bullying that you guys even have to go through. And, uh, I just, I just see so many benefits, especially because in your curriculum, you even include the Bible. You teach the Bible. The children are learning about the Lord, about the Word of God. And to us, I feel that that's one of the most important things.

SPEAKER_01:

So you're happy that all your grandkids homeschool.

SPEAKER_00:

Yes, I am very happy.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I really like that you brought up bullying, Mom, because there's a lot of our homeschool moms that I see on Facebook that actually a lot of moms, just in this last year, actually, Mom, this last year, a lot of moms pulled their kids out of school because of severe bullying. Severe bullying. And it breaks my heart. And, and some of the moms have even been bullied themselves because when they like go to the school and say that they want to take their child out, the school will bully them and say, well, where are you taking them? And you can't, well, you're not allowed to do that. Like they'll start, they'll bully them. And these poor moms have actually left comments on some of the homeschool pages saying, can someone help me? I don't know what to do. And they've even gone as far as they've had to take their child to the doctor. It's horrible stuff.

SPEAKER_02:

It's terrible.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. And so, yeah, I think it's really important. That's a huge one for our charters. That's something that the... assembly and the senators that they don't understand that if they take away charters, one of the main things is the bullying, is that not all kids can be resilient. Not all kids can handle being bullied every day. And homeschooling offers an opportunity for a child to not be bullied and to flourish. to flourish, to build their confidence. Because once they're bullied and you do take them out of public school and you homeschool them, they don't just automatically get better. Then it's a whole time of mental health that you have to take care of and get them back on track to getting their confidence because they've been beaten down. It's horrible. When did you first hear about AB84, mom?

SPEAKER_00:

I heard about it at our church with our pastor because he's very, very much letting us know about this kind of bills when they come out. And he's very encouraging to let us know and to encourage us to call the senators and encourage them to vote against these bills because these bills are just about hurting our children. That's basically what they're trying to do. So I'm so thankful to our pastor for always encouraging us and giving us information we might not hear.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, yeah. Why do you think AB84 wants to, why do you think they want to take away charters and homeschooling?

SPEAKER_00:

I feel that one of the reasons is the money because they see money in the children that would go to private school. And another reason, because they want to indoctrinate our children. Once again, I repeat that because I feel that that's what they're trying to do more than anything in the schools right now, indoctrinate our children. And that's why they want the children. They want them in the public schools.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. When I wanted to tell you, mom, that you really surprised me yesterday when we were talking and I brought up the list, I brought up AB 84 and you kind of, you already knew about it. That surprised me, first of all. And then I brought up the list of the list that I've been calling daily, the senators that I've been calling. And you surprised me that you wanted the list. I was surprised because that means you're super passionate because I've never seen you call any senator or representative. So you're going to be calling now. I am.

SPEAKER_00:

I am. I'm going to call, you know, whatever I can do. I'm going to tell my friends about this, too. Give them the news, and God willing, they will call.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

And we got to do whatever we can to stop this.

SPEAKER_01:

We do, because it's now or never, everybody, because it's never been this bad before. I know that, actually, the last time it was this bad, not actually, the last time it was bad was when my 13-year-old was 14. five years old, they had a bill and I don't remember the name of it, but it was similar to this and they wanted to take away charters. But that at that time, the bill never passed the assembly. And so it was squashed. It never passed assembly. And this time it passed assembly and now it's onto the Senate. And we only have from now to July 16th to make our voices heard. We only have this small window of time. It's emotional. It's a small window of time to call. And, you know, I want to remind everybody, when I called, I was super intimidated. I had never called a senator. I had never called Sacramento, period. And I was like, I had all the nerves that you get inside. And I had all the things inside saying, it's not going to really matter if you don't call. I felt like I couldn't do it, but I knew I had to do it. And I did. And it's gotten a little bit easier. And I'm not going to lie. Every time I know that I have to call every day, it's not like, oh, yay, I get to call. I'm like, okay, here I go. Because I really feel it's like a spiritual warfare happening. And, and so it's not easy to just call, you know, it's not easy to call and say, because all you have to do when you call is say something like this. I'm a concerned homeschool mom. And I want to ask if the Senator would please oppose AB 84. And that's all you have to say, especially if you're, it's the first time you called. I just told you, right, mom, that's all you have to say. We have a lot of, warrior homeschool moms out there that have actually been fighting for a long time and they're the ones that talk a long time with all the senators they know what to say how to talk but for those of us that are newbies they told me and it made me feel so much better it's okay to just say that and and um and so i want to encourage you and look at if my mom is going to do it you can do it too And you can tell your mom to do it too. If she's supporting you for homeschooling, you can ask her if she would do this for you also. I'm going to link the numbers to the senators which are on the education committee. Those are the ones that we want to reach. And I'm going to link that to the top of this podcast so that you can have the numbers so that you can call. And again, as always, feel free to message me if you have any questions or if you want any further coaching or you have any questions about what you should say, how you should say it, anything like that. Please feel free to message me. Reach out. And so, you know, I just want to thank you, Mom, for doing this for me. I just sprung this on her, you guys, today. And she's a pro, isn't she? I want to thank you so much, Mom, for everything you've done for me. Thank you. And you guys know how it is, right, with your moms? So thank you so much for listening today. And come back next week because I'll be talking some more about AB84 because that's all I'm going to be talking about pretty much until July 16th. All right, you guys? Stay strong and go call. You can do it. Okay, I wish you guys a wonderful week. Talk to you next week.