This study explored the experiences and meanings of parents who chose alternative education through narrative inquiry methodology. Korean education currently faces serious challenges, including rising suicide rates among children and adolescents and the lowest life satisfaction levels, and while an increasing number of parents are choosing alternative education amid intense college entrance competition, in-depth research on these parents' selection experiences remains insufficient. For this purpose, three parents currently sending their children to Christian alternative schools were interviewed, and their experiences from childhood to their choice of alternative education were analyzed. The research findings revealed four themes: ‘courage with reason’, ‘passing the baton to children’, ‘parenting together with the school community’, and ‘parents who maintain composure’. This study illuminated the meaning of alternative education choice within the context of parents' life histories and revealed parents' own healing and growth processes and their experiences of parenting together with the school community. Based on the research findings, implications for educational practice and parent counseling were discussed, and recommendations for future research were proposed.