The rising cost of living has forced many parents to look for alternative ways to raise their kids.
One mum’s story has gone viral this week for doing just that. But while she strongly believes she’s doing the best thing for her family, she’s been slammed by trolls who don’t agree.
“Generational wealth”
London Shanta (@londonshanta) spent three years planning and procrastinating before finally moving her family into a tent in the woods.
Now, a clip of how she homeschools her children has attracted attention.
“You can’t just homeschool and live in a tent with five kids,” text over the video says – which is a comment from an online troll.
She captioned the post: “Always going to be someone that tries to discourage you from creating the life you want, but successful people don’t listen to people who submit to mediocrity because they are too afraid to believe they can.
“Oh nothing living rent-free, stress-free, opinion-free, building generational wealth for my crew.
“Just wait until we buy our RV and live our best world schooling life traveling six months out the year.”
She included the hashtags #homeschooling, #generationalwealth, #debtfreejourney, and #tentlife.
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The post came after she had encouraged her followers to embrace gratitude and create their own dream life.
She said: “I was 20 working multiple fast-food jobs and going to school with no money saved.
“Just two kids and faith, I would look up land prices and plan out my future home in the country somewhere on land I own.
“At 28, I’m on my land creating this life with my husband and five kids. Happy and still keeping faith in the vision.”
She added: “This is your sign to be thankful for what you have but to always follow your heart and create the life you deserve.”
“This is selfish to the kids”
Despite many congratulating the mum on making some tough decisions, the comments on her videos are often critical.
One viewer wrote, “I’m sorry but there is too much going on in the world and I feel this is selfish to the kids.”
Another said, “The only thing I keep hearing is ‘rent-free’ with no valid real reason.”
However, others have said things such as, “Can we get videos of day-to-day life? I love this,” and “You got me smiling from ear to ear, I’m so proud of you.”
