Stefan Merrill Block
Writer and memoirist known for the book Homeschooled, in which he recounts his childhood experience of being homeschooled and its effects on his life and family.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 47min
The mother who needed homeschooling
Stefan Merrill Block, writer and memoirist of Homeschooled, recounts being pulled from school by an adoring but complicated mother. He describes crafting his own curriculum, performing unhappiness to win attention, and how solitude shaped his path to writing. Conversations about sibling differences, returning to public school, and the emotional costs of maternal dependency also feature.
