Chloe and Beans: Long Hair, DO Care! - Part 4

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I'm so tired of her "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!" attitude regarding handling her own kids. She clearly has no issue with someone else caring for her triplets, so why not hire a sitter or mother's helper sort of person to accompany them on these outings or to swimming lessons? I mean, she's "rich" enough to buy overpriced children's furniture and petrol for the Great WA Parks Tour, why not hire TWO sitters if that's what it takes to handle your TWO extra kids? Does she even talk to other parents, especially other parents of multiples? (Ones who aren't already "fans" kissing her ass or walking on eggshells.) She acts like she's the first person in the world to have to do some juggling. But no instead she throws up her hands and includes little digs like, "if we had family help every week." So sorry not everyone quits their jobs to vlog, Your Highness.

Previous comments are spot on about MONTESSORI too. Wish she'd realise it makes her look more desperate and defensive every time she says it in lieu of just saying daycare. Rolled my eyes at Ro using it directly to the triplets once again...three speech delayed toddlers but instead of opportunities to narrate what they're doing in words they can understand and repeat (like, "are you ready to see friends? Maybe you'll play with the blocks today! Shall we get in the car?") they've got a mum and dad alternately braying and mumbling the word "Montessori" at them while holding a camera and shuffling them out into their back seat of isolation.

Sometimes the level of praise they get for making parenting HARDER than it needs to be really gets under my skin. Have to remind myself I'd rather have the occasional praise and the real life camaraderie with other parents who are all living un-vloggable lives than live the lonely, defensive life of a Dunstan.
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I hope the trips don't grow up and see all this footage of their mother complaining about how hard they make her life. That would be awful.


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New to this site but have been watching Chloe for a while. She resents her triplets so badly and how dare a fair be only open at the weekend. Could it be that mere mortals who work that is when they have family time. She makes me want to scream
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With all she mentions being vegan, it seems like she wants to be a vegan advocate or encourage others to be vegan- but she and her malnourished-looking children are making people NOT want to be vegan. Another mother i follow is vegan and she always gets comments saying that they look so healthy they are convincing others to go vegan- I never see that with Chloe. She is setting a bad example for veganism actually. And homeschooling.
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Latest video about how they taught their kids to read and write. Not bothering to watch. Do you wanna know how my kid learned to read and write so well? School. With a university educated teacher. And friends her own age. :?

Bet her chloeclones(tm) will lap this crap up. :? :?
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I hate to go all personal but my daughter is 3, 4 in January so is in the process of learning to read and write. She's not a complete novice but obviously hasn't aced it. She also has a very good understanding of number, can't rote recite like Chloe's but you get it... Difference is she goes to school and learns LOADS of different stuff including socialising (v.important however much you try and dismiss it Chloe). She also has other interests apart from God forbid reading, writing and numbers including outside of what is taught in school e.g. the human body which is our job as parents to foster & encourage.

Moral is great your kids can read, write and count but what are their interests Chloe? I would LOVE for you to do a sit down video and tell me a number of interests each of your children have... And that includes the TRIPLETS as they too are old enough to have things they like and dislike. Go!!!

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She didn't explain anything. Just talked around in circles about general homeschool/unschool principles. I would have liked to see clearer examples of what they have done to support Felix's number interest. But I guess the answer was pretty clear. Rote learning. They just repeat a small number of things over and over til the kid nails it. In this video she's teaching him doubles. He almost has them memorised. What's disappointing is when she's talking about numbers she's not showing him one to one representations of numbers.
I'd love to hear her say that Evan took an interest in a topic and then explain how they explored that with him, for example. But nope none of that.
She's mentioned before that the boys really learnt numbers from YouTube and that's why they wanted the trips to start watching it too. Doesn't fit the brand now though so "homeschooling" it is.


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She knows nothing about education. There's a reason why teachers need to go to university.
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I agree. And I was especially annoyed with how she kept saying that she couldn't recommend any toys/tools to her followers because what works for her kids may not work for theirs. No fucking shit Sherlock. I think people are very aware of that little tidbit whenever they take any kind of advice from anyone. It sounded more like she just didn't want to share her secrets OR she doesn't have any and literally doesn't teach the kids shit. She just got lucky and they're naturally pretty bright on their own.

Did you catch when she said that if your kids aren't reading and writing by 8 years old then it shouldn't be considered a big deal? Da fuck? Yes it is a big deal. Maybe they shouldn't be able to read and write novels at that age, but if they're not doing it at all then yes, the parents absolutely should seek extra help for them. She's an idiot.


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julietpreston wrote:I think it only shows you the last week or so, so I cant see if she lost a lot when she left Henry alone or anything. But I assume (and hope) it did drop a lot that day!
I would HOPE she doesn't spend so much of her precious time blocking 50 people a day- but it's Chloe so i wouldn't put it past her. Maybe its part of her "job" that she does while Ro slaves away. I think she would find it more effective, if she thinks people are being ignorant, to try to educate them politely rather than block them but she doesn't know how to do that- she just goes on meaningless passive-aggressive rants.
I agree! What is the point of creating an echo chamber of people who just agree with you? If she wasn't afraid of differing opinions she might actually learn something.
That's what she's like though. And it's part of why I don't bother commenting on her posts. She doesn't want help. All she's after is validation. Constant validation. It's a clear indication of her narcissism.
I think a lot of these youtubers would prefer the comments section to be called the compliments section.
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SHE CLEARLY HAS NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT SHE IS DOING. Oh wow. She seems so lost going in circles like that. Did you guys see her replies in the comment sections. She sounds like she is unsure herself. Keeps saying "their choices, if they choose to go to university". I am so annoyed at how she is portraying homeschool. I have friends doing homeschool and they are so way ahead and do diversified learning. All I see is lazy chloe sitting on her bloody ass, with the excuse child led learning. Fyi, you need to lead them to the right directions too. They are young. Their preferences are never going to be the same daily basis even.

You still need basics of everything. You can't put through your ideas without basics! But what will chloe know. She thinks numbers and long hair are everything.
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I agree with her saying it's not a big deal if kids aren't reading at 8. As with most childhood skills/ milestones, there's a window in which it doesn't matter if the child hits the milestones at the early side or the late side in terms of long-term success. An example is toilet training. A child who was toilet trained at 18 months is not necessarily going to be more successful than a child who was toilet trained at 3 years in the long-term. There are plenty of strong academic countries and education systems that don't start formal education / teaching reading until age 7-8, and those kids do just fine. Many would argue, in North America, we push reading too early.

BUT! The reason why some education systems don't teach reading until 7-8 is because they're focusing on other important things, like social skills, moral development , and imagination. These are things Chloe obviously doesn't value at all...

So I 100% agree with you guys that Chloe is bad at homeschooling and doesn't know what she's doing. She teaches her kids by rote learning and that sucks. The way she still treats the triplets like infants is concerning too. But I agree about reading at 8.

Side note: I watched Hope and Glory last night. It's a film set in England during WW2. There's a funny scene where the kids are reciting times tables in an air raid shelter. It reminded me of Life With Beans. Chloe's kids would fit right in at school in the 1940s!


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Yeah another thing she needs to work on- imagination and creativity. And out of the box thinking. Those kids hardly do anything imaginative or creative, and she doesn't seem to encourage them to because it would probably make a mess or require her to think. Its so easy to take a cardboard box and encourage your kids to think of it as a spaceship, a racecar, santas sleigh... anything. Or to encourage them to play pretend games and let them go. I don't see those kids doing normal fun kid stuff ever. They're just tiny Chloes and tiny Rohans
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I'm a bit behind and I've only just watched the 'Where do babies come from?' vlog. Another snoozefest! But watching the parts with the triplets in it has really made me think that there is something going on with them that's more than just speech issues! Chloe and Ro ask them questions and they just stare blankly at them, no response, no excitement or any other emotions on their faces. They get back from a whole day at day care and walk straight past Chloe (probably didn't help that she didn't put down the camera and greet them either) with not even a hug or kiss! My kids have always come running in so excited and with a huge hug etc. Even my 17 month old does it! And why do they always have to carry their own giant backpacks?! Even just walking the short distance from the car to the house they are strapped on their backs again. I probably sound petty, but it annoys me because I think it was all for 'cute' vlog footage.
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^^^ I don't have kids but picked my nephew up from daycare and I almost get knocked over by him running over to me and smothering me in hugs and love haha definitely weird the triplets don't do it to their own mum?
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Unschooling is a joke lmao my neighbour unschools her 2 kids and they are precocious, rude and clearly behind educationally!! The oldest is 8 and still writes like a 5 year old, they decide what they "learn", when they go to bed, when they get up, when they play, what they eat. I had the misfortune to watch them before for a few hours and they were eating ice cream at 10pm and sitting on iPads -when I told them it was time to wind down for bed the oldest kid told me "we go when WE like!" - not saying Chloe's kids are brats like those 2 but she needs to get a decent routine and learning plan in place, especially for 6 kids!!!!!!!
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I think the thing that annoys me about homeschooling the most is how obnoxious some of the homeschooled kids I have come across have been. They never have to wait their turn and be one of a class of 30 and it shows. They are with their mother/father teacher the whole time and can be so me me me. *cough* Evan *cough*
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The title of the new vlog is "what are you boys eating?!"
This is the grammar of a home educator? I have little hope for her poor children. A high school drop out is in no position to try and educate children.
Her theory is so flawed by the way. She says that kids should pick what they want to learn because learning about something you're not interested in is boring. First, I don't agree with that. The way something is taught can make it interesting. Second, this theory only works if you're exposed to a large variety of topics. There are so many aspects of science and English that the children haven't been exposed to. Evan has already missed out on so many learning opportunities because Chloe is full of platitudes instead of curiosity.

I have met a number of lovely homeschooled children. In my experience they are typically well spoken and respectful. I think that's because they spend most of their lives dealing with adults rather than other children. Also the ones I have met have all had parents who have completed higher education. These are key things Chloe's kids are missing. They have parents who didn't finish high school and who refuse to socialise in any meaningful way with other adults.

Anyone else notice the sister hasn't been around lately? Pretty clear she was included just to prove a point.


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I'm pretty sure that the reason she didn't give concrete suggestions of homeschooling supplies is because she doesnt have any. Well, to be fair, she has a bunch of world globes that she is obsessed with, 3 cash registers from Ikea, books and puzzles, a few posters posted at her own eye level and small wooden counting blocks. OK. so there's that. She really has no clue. Oh I forgot about the worksheets. And playgrounds. Playgrounds are educational. I guess.

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It's kind of ironic how she goes on and on about how they can do more things when the trips are older, and reminds everyone that her boys can read and do maths by 3-4, but then says that age has no relevance in unschooling...
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