Tony knew the longer he delayed Peters schooling the harder it would be to integrate him back into the school system that he'd come from. The problem was, no school was the right school for his Peter.
He visited almost every school in the city, Pepper at his side and found at least one thing to complain about each time.
“Too many kids, he's not used to big crowds.”
“This place smells like the bathroom after Bruce takes a crap.”
“What is that a picture of? Albert Einstein? Peter is 5, not 17!”
Pepper didn't see problems with any of these places. Schools were bound to have crowds of kids and the picture of Einstein was only a picture. It's not like Peter would be learning about him. As for the smell, Pepper just assumed he was grasping at straws.“If Peter is ever going to live an even semi normal life, you need to stop coddling him.” She reminded her boyfriend and Tony looked as if he'd been slapped across the face.
“I'm not coddling him, none of those schools were right. Just give me another month or two and I know I can find the perfect one for him.”
“He's going to kindergarten, Tony. Not University. Lower your standards and maybe he'd be in class tomorrow.”
Tony rolled his eyes. Of course he wouldn't expect Pepper to understand. Tony didn't really like school and he definitely didn't trust them to take care of Peter properly.
What if Peter had a problem voicing his needs? Peter couldn't even come to him to ask him to clean the sheets of his bed after wetting it, he didn't want to have to show up to the school everyday with a fresh set of clothing because Peter was too scared to ask to use the toilet.
What if some bigger children decided to pick on him and the teachers didn't believe him? Tony hated how justice always seemed to be served to the wrong person and Peter could end up being blamed for something he never even did.
Too many possibilities of things that could happen and Tony just didn't want to risk it. Pepper, on the other hand, had the belief that Peter needed to learn about the real world in the real world with real experiences.Pepper let out a long sigh. She knew it would be hard to get Tony to loosen his grip on Peter. As much as he may hate to admit it, he couldn't hold onto Peter forever.
“I don't see the problem with homeschooling him. He's happy here, he's safe, we all know exactly what he needs and when he needs it…” Tony pressed.
“How is he ever going to make friends his own age, Tony?”
Tony leaned forward. He'd been waiting for Pepper to respond to his homeschooling idea with an answer besides no for a while now and he hoped she’d finally listen.
“We don't have to homeschool him forever and there's plenty of clubs we can sign him up for. In fact, the library has a easy coding program with lots of kids in his age group and I was going to sign him up. He's smart enough for it.. Maybe a sports team?” He rambled. Signing Peter up for a club for an hour everyday was a small price to pay for convincing Pepper to let him stay home for most of the day.
Knowing the battle was lost and ultimately tired of fighting with Tony over where to school Peter, Pepper relented.“I KNEW YOU’D UNDERSTAND! I'M WORKING ON A WORK ROOM FOR HIM RIGHT NOW!” He raced from the room and Pepper sighed.
After a moment he poked his head back in. “With no Albert Einstein photos.” He added and Pepper shook her head as he ran away.
What monster had she just created?A/N: No Peter but it answers all of your questions about how I'm schooling Peter.
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You Can Let Go Now Daddy
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