Boy goes viral for slamming mom’s home schooling

‘We took a break so my mom can figure this stuff out,’ exasperated 8-year-old writes

(Photo by Klaus Pressberger/SEPA.Media /Getty Images) (Klaus Pressberger/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)

Parenting isn’t easy — particularly when your kid is a tough critic.

Just ask Candice Kennedy, a stay-at-home mom from Kentucky whose Facebook post is going viral after she shared her son’s candid journal entry about her first stab at home schooling.

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The headline? “It is not going good.”

“My mom’s getting stressed out,” 8-year-old Ben wrote. “My mom is really getting confused. We took a break so my mom can figure this stuff out. And I’m telling you it is not going good.”

Y’all I’m dying!!! 🤣🤣🤣. This is Ben’s journal entry from Monday about our first “homed school” day. That last sentence 😂😂😂. #WVNTI #imgettinthehangofitnow #maybe #kidsseeeverything #8yearoldcalledmeout

Posted by Candice Hunter Kennedy on Thursday, March 19, 2020

Not only did Kennedy take the criticism in stride, she actually posted a photo of the journal entry on Facebook. Naturally, people fell in love — the post has been shared nearly 300,000 times.

“Y’all I’m dying!!!” Kennedy said of her son’s hard-hitting feedback. “This is Ben’s journal entry from Monday about our first ‘homed school’ day. That last sentence.”