A mom has decided to take her 12-year-old daughter out of school so she can work on her TikTok career.
Kat Clark, an influencer who boasts a whopping 5.2 million followers on TikTok, recently made headlines after she said that she would be taking her youngest daughter out of school so that she could work on getting popular on the social media platform.
The mom-of-two, who is originally from the Gold Coast in Queensland, is best known for her own TikTok career, where she hosts the popular Aussie podcast called 'Basically Besties' alongside her daughters Latisha, 20, and Deja, 12.
Speaking on an episode of a different podcast, she opened up about the rules she makes her daughters follow.
"Traditional schooling worked [for Deja] in primary school because I had a corporate job," she said on 'It's All Her' podcast with Jody Lucas. "Since coming into this new career, there is a lot of traveling involved. I'm often flying to Sydney.
"Deja's even starting to get opportunities as well now, so 9-3, Monday to Friday schooling isn't working for us because we've found that we've had to take her out of school quite a bit," she continued before stating that she has taken the 12-year-old out of public school and now enrolled her into homeschooling for the next year all because of her potential TikTok career.
"We think that's best for her, just because we don't want her to miss out on these opportunities," she said. "TikTok takes a lot of time. It's just what works for our family."
Her other daughter finished high school and initially enrolled in law school straight after but dropped out in the hopes that she could follow in her mom's footsteps.
"With Deja, if she wanted to be a doctor or lawyer - we'd encourage her to go after those dreams. But currently, those are not what her goals are. We're willing to work with her whatever happens," the mom-of-two said, before also stating that her daughter could re-enroll back into public school if she didn't enjoy being homeschooled.
When discussing what she hopes for the future in terms of her daughters and their careers, she said that she hoped her two girls wouldn't change for anyone, later adding: "I honestly love working so closely with my daughters. It's so much fun, it's like working with my best friends."
While some people were opposed to the idea, it seemed as though a lot of people agreed, with one stating: "I'd 100 percent let my child drop out of school if they had some direction and were mature enough."
"I hated school and my parents were very much against it, made me finish and I got through a semester of uni," another added. "The opportunity to re-enrol as a mature-aged student these days is so much easier and widely accepted, if you did decide you wanted a high school certificate or higher education."
And this user clearly agreed, saying: "I would support mine doing that. There is no time limit on learning. If they want to finish their education later they can do it in many different ways."
A fourth also chimed in saying: "As a high school teacher, I think this is absolutely fine! Why force a child to stay on at school if it's not for them?"
What do you think?
