Elon Musk Blames Daughter’s School For Strained Relationship After Her Gender Transition

Elon Musk believes his daugh­ter’s expen­sive pri­vate school turned her against him after she came out as trans­gen­der. He blames their dam­aged rela­tion­ship on her school’s alleged far-left indoctrination.

In an upcom­ing biog­ra­phy, Musk says his now 19-year-old daugh­ter Vivian sev­ered ties in 2022 short­ly after tran­si­tion­ing. Musk claims she became a “fer­vent Marx­ist” who thinks “any­one rich is evil.”

He part­ly attrib­ut­es her dra­mat­ic change to Cross­roads School for Arts & Sci­ences. The elite San­ta Mon­i­ca prep school costs up to $50,000 per year. Musk believes its pro­gres­sive cul­ture influ­enced his daugh­ter’s world­view and rejec­tion of him.

Musk says Vivian went beyond just social­ism to become a full com­mu­nist. He has tried rec­on­cil­ing to no avail. Their estrange­ment pains him deeply.

While clear­ly upset, Musk’s rhetoric about com­mu­nism and Marx­ism seems exag­ger­at­ed. Most like­ly, rea­son­able polit­i­cal dif­fer­ences sim­ply emerged after Vivian’s tran­si­tion and enroll­ment at the famous­ly lib­er­al school.

Still, this reveals the deep per­son­al impact of their ide­o­log­i­cal divi­sions. Musk longs to regain con­nec­tion with his daugh­ter despite their clash­ing perspectives.

Many fam­i­lies nav­i­gate such chal­leng­ing dynam­ics. Open com­mu­ni­ca­tion and empa­thy on all sides is key. Musk’s inflam­ma­to­ry alle­ga­tions against the school may inhib­it rec­on­cil­i­a­tion. A more thought­ful approach could help heal this rift.