# 100. When You Know School Isn't Working — And You're Still Waiting for Permission to Leave

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Podcast: [ADHD Mums](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089)
Published: 2026-04-27T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://adhdmums.com.au/captivate/when-you-know-school-isnt-working-and-youre-still-waiting-for-permission-to-leave
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## Resource

You've spent more time on drop-offs, pickups and meetings this week than your kid has spent actually learning. You keep telling yourself the routine is good for them. They come home flat anyway. You can see it isn't working. You just can't picture what else looks like. So you stay on the fence. Another term. Another meeting. Another 11pm google. What we cover Why most homeschoolers in Australia didn't plan to homeschool — and what 'accidental homeschooling' actually means The two competing fears keeping you stuck — and which one usually wins in the end What 'enough is enough' really looks like (it's rarely one big moment — it's bankruptcy logic: slow, then very fast) What a homeschool day actually looks like when you're not running school-at-home The legal stuff schools won't tell you — you don't need their permission Why $50k a year still doesn't fix this, and what you might actually be paying for How to take a term off without making a forever decision Why bullying gets reframed as 'resilience-building' at school but is illegal at work Why this episode matters The fence is the hardest place to live. Most parents sit there longer than the kid can afford. Rebecca has spoken to hundreds of families about why they finally jumped — and the answer isn't 'they were ready.' It's that the fear of staying finally outweighed the fear of leaving. This episode names the decision underneath the decision, and hands you a permission slip you probably didn't know existed. This episode is for you if You've tried two schools, maybe three, and nothing's stuck The meetings have started to outnumber the actual learning You keep saying 'maybe next term' and next term keeps not coming You're more scared of Uncle Ned's questions at Christmas than you'd like to admit Part of you knows it isn'…

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