Get Your Unschooling Permission Slip

Let’s get back to my Permission Slip ideas.

I know. You’re nervous. 

• Will you be able to do this?
• Will the kids respond well?
• Will doors close if you don’t do what everyone else is doing?
• Will you ruin their chances for success if you don’t do this perfectly?

Maybe you had a terrible time with Covid homeschooling and zoom calls, and doing school at home and you’re thinking,

“Man, I was a failure at that! But what’s happening now isn’t working either.”

I should probably do an entire podcast on this - so tell me in the comments if you need that! 

So... lot’s of things to make you hesitate.

Let’s talk about this concept of permission.

When we were confined to a school way of thinking, we needed permission to

Speak, walk freely, eat food, go to the bathroom. That’s a lot of restriction.

And, the underneath conditioning...the hesitation to move around independently, THINK independently.
That goes right along with such limited freedoms.

So the kids come home and we have all kinds of opportunities to shed those shackles! 

I want to list out all the things you’re permitted to do - that you may not have really thought about.

 
I’m going to GIVE YOU PERMISSION!

But the truth is - you already HAVE Permission!

You don’t need anyone to give you anything!

You have permission to:

• Learn right alongside your child. You don’t have to be The Expert in everything - or anything. Just a fellow traveler who happens to have a little more life experience and skill sets.
• Notice the Learning that pops up every day. Real life looks NOTHING like school, right? And learning is weaving throughout all of it. We’re looking for something that LOOKS LIKE school. But it won’t show up like that.
• Stop focusing on being a Good Teacher, and focus on listening to your child. See their preferences and tendencies. It’s not about you. The Learner is the one who really directs the course of the path. 
• Truly Individualize the learning, the experiences, the opportunities. No more lip service to some kind of schooly IEP. Unschooling takes customization to a whole new level.
• Enjoy your family life. No more power struggles because of fear or from trying to follow someone else’s agenda. Unschooling parents have permission to prioritize the family members in your real family - not some generic 10 year old or teen. 

And the kids! They have permission to:

• Stop and start based on interests and preferences. No more standardized time allotment for certain topics. Dive deeply or dabble as needed.
• Sleep when they’re tired. So much has been written about sleep deprivation and the school hours are not really set up in the best interest of the child and their growth/development.
• Make mistakes - see that it’s all data to help make the next decision. No One Right Answer and total humiliation if you’re wrong. 
• Grow their self-confidence, autonomy, and learn more about their own needs and preferences.
• Make friends based upon interests...not desk proximity or because you’re born in the same year or your last name starts with the same letter. Shared INTERESTS are what allow friendships to form
  

Look at all this flexibility this kind of permission gives you.! 

Slow down, speed up, go out, stay home. Base it on how everyone feels, what the weather is like, what the family needs to happen. 

You have permission. You always did.

Tap into the resources so you can do what you need to do for YOUR family.

You really don’t have to do this alone.

And I’ll be back to talk with you again soon!



~Sue

Free Downloadable/Printable Permission slip