Are the Busbys Getting Parenting Right? OutDaughtered Fans Split Over Homeschooling the Quints

Six girls. One enormous parenting decision. And a fandom that cannot agree whether Adam and Danielle Busby just made the smartest call of their lives — or their most controversial one. Eleven years after America watched five tiny girls fight their way out of the NICU, the Busby quintuplets are 11 and starting sixth grade — at the kitchen table, not in a classroom. Some fans are cheering. Others are furious. Welcome to the great Busby parenting debate.

The Interview That Restarted the Conversation

In an Us Weekly interview published October 6, 2026, Adam and Danielle looked back on raising the country’s only all-girl quintuplets — Ava, Olivia, Hazel, Riley and Parker, born April 8, 2015, at just 28 weeks and two days. According to reports, the couple summed up a decade of beautiful chaos in one line: “Sometimes There’s Nothing You Can Do But Look at the Positive.” It is the sunny resilience that made OutDaughtered a comfort watch for ten seasons. But that positivity is being stress-tested — not by diapers, but by the couple’s decision to pull all five quints out of public school and homeschool them for sixth grade.

Photo: Danielle Busby/Instagram via TV Insider — the quints on their first day of sixth grade, August 2026 — at home

Team “Trust the Busbys”: They Know Their Girls Best

One half of the fandom says the answer is obvious: nobody knows these girls better than their parents. This was not a snap decision. On their More Than Reality podcast, the couple explained the quints would join a homeschool co-op — classroom-style learning for select subjects, at-home learning for the rest. “From academic struggles and dyslexia support, to protecting innocence in middle school, to giving our girls flexibility and staying together — this wasn’t a quick decision.” The girls chose it themselves: all five wanted to stay together. And when critics piled on, Danielle did not flinch: “You sound like the doctors that told me I wasn’t going to survive having quintuplets. If you think I can’t, you’re wrong.”

Photo: Net Worth Post — Adam and Danielle Busby, united on the homeschooling decision

Team “Let Them Be Normal”: The Backlash Is Real

The other half is not buying it — and they are loud. Under Danielle’s one-month homeschooling update this October, comments turned into a battlefield. “If they were struggling academically, why take them out for an untrained individual to teach them?” one fan wrote. “They need to go to school, have friends, learn new things, get their independence, confidence,” wrote another. Critics ask a bigger question too: after ten seasons of growing up on television, should six girls who never had a private childhood also lose a normal school one? Even Danielle admits the doubt creeps in: “There are still days when I struggle with ‘wanting to do this.’”

Photo: Distractify — Blayke and the quints in a throwback to simpler school days

Everything We Know About the Busbys Right Now

Here is the verified picture. The quints are 11 and homeschooling through a co-op for sixth grade, announced on the podcast in February 2026. Big sister Blayke, now 15, still attends public high school. OutDaughtered wrapped after ten seasons and, according to reports, is not currently filming — the story continues on the More Than Reality podcast, where recent episodes cover homeschooling adventures and screen-time battles. This week, Danielle even recreated the quints’ exact womb positions for a viral Instagram photo. Through it all, the Busbys return to the same line: they are doing what they believe is right for their girls — and asking everyone else to look at the positive.

Photo: CommStrader via Instagram — Danielle with the quints: “God is bigger and he’s called me to this.”

So where do you land? Is homeschooling five 11-year-olds the most protective thing two veteran parents can do — or does growing up Busby come with enough spotlight already? Pick your side — Team Trust the Busbys or Team Let Them Be Normal — and tell us in the comments: what would YOU do with six girls and one kitchen table?