The podcast started in March of 2021, and we haven’t made too many changes - still short 10 minutes or so! I remember CLEARLY how busy life is when you have the kids home with you.!
It’s kind of funny, when I’m recording these, I envision you sitting at the table with me, having a cup of coffee. Or at a park day, sitting on the playscape with the kids. Talking about how to overcome various fears. Fears we ALL have had at some point of time.
Yes, my three are already grown.
But man. Those fears. I remember them clearly.
Maybe I remember them because year after year, other moms and dads have expressed exactly the same ones.
But then... here’s the part that makes it hard.
What do you do when you know what you’re doing isn’t working?
How far out there do you want to go?
What do you do when your kid is miserable, or not learning, or bored out of their mind?
What do you do when unschooling feels so right in your heart, but your spouse or your mom is freaking out?
What do you do when you feel time ticking, and that you have to weigh this out and make a decision?
It’s safe.
No one will fault you for doing what so many others have done: wring their hands, badmouth the schools, tell the kids to do their best, and just let time march on. Eventually they’ll graduate, right? And all this angst you’re feeling...it will be behind you.
Maybe.
I hear from some parents who say,
Or
We do the best we can with the information we have at the time, right?
But I’m handing you some solutions. And, if you’re listening to this podcast, you can’t say you’ve never heard of unschooling or how other families have made it work.
I think it’s because we have had all those years in school and it was like a conveyor belt. We could put in a little effort (or maybe not even) and the belt would move us along. From one teacher to the next. From one grade to the next. Onto adulthood. Whether we retained what we learned or not didn’t really matter. Passing the test on Friday…. Then letting it all go. That was most people’s experience. Sure, we had a few good teachers here and there. Or, they seemed good compared to some of the others we had! Maybe it’s all relative. But we remember a little about what they talked about. ANd, if we actually use it in our adult lives or we had some interest in it, we retained it. But most of it fell by the wayside.
I have 4 things I want you to know - I think it may help:
You should grab the unschooling resources that fit you.
Whether you learn better in a group, or with me 1:1...or you’re more of a DIY type and you like to
I’ve created the scaffolding you need to so you’re not out there flailing around in the breeze.
All you have to do is reach out. You can email me and describe what’s going on, and I can help point you in the direction to find what will fit you. I have no big agenda to sell you on a bunch of stuff. I just want you to be successful. And I want you to see that unschooling is an option that will work.
And... if you’re already in the membership group, be sure you’re tapping into everything there.
The coaching calls (even the recordings if you can’t make it) the private membership portal with resources to help you overcome... whatever is bothering you. The various platforms to connect with other unschooling parents.
And if you’re not in the group, you can always join for just a few months - or longer if you want to save a little money.
So...that’s plenty for this week - our wrap of of Season 2 of the Unschooling Mom2Mom podcast.
I hope it’s been helpful.
Let me know if you have topics you’d like me to discuss. Share the podcasts you like on social media and help other parents see that they have options too. I’ll add unschooling resource links to the show notes and here on the blog.
And I’ll be back again next week with Season 3! Where I am going to try to get back onto WEEKLY podcasts.
So here I am, even with my little cold, recording away!
I’m even going to start uploading some of these to the
Unschooling Mom2Mom YouTube channel.
Take care - and enjoy your kids!