
Erykah Badu on Homeschooling, Homebirths and More
September 3rd, 2009 admin

Brian Ach/Getty The importance of a quality education can never be underscored, and that’s why Erykah Badu says she felt compelled to homeschool son Seven Sirius , 11 ½, through kindergarten and first-grade. “I wanted to give [him] special attention academically, to give him an advantage,” the 38-year-old songstress explains in a new interview with Babble
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