• Your children are not yours to own or control. They are not extensions of you, existing in service of your unmet needs or unfulfilled dreams. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ They are their own fully formed souls, whole and enough, walking their own journey alongside you.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Once you have this epiphany, you are free to accept, love, and appreciate them exactly as they are today. Let them be—truly and deeply, let them be—and simply enjoy the finite time you share together.⁣ ⁣ Note: It’s been brought to my attention that the quote is interpreted from the Kahlil Gibran poem On Children.
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    Your children are not yours to own or control. They are not extensions of you, existing in service of your unmet needs or unfulfilled dreams. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ They are their own fully formed souls, whole and enough, walking their own journey alongside you.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Once you have this epiphany, you are free to accept, love, and appreciate them exactly as they are today. Let them be—truly and deeply, let them be—and simply enjoy the finite time you share together.⁣ ⁣ Note: It’s been brought to my attention that the quote is interpreted from the Kahlil Gibran poem On Children.
  • We still have a twin mattress alongside our king (which takes up our entire very small bedroom) and I just have to say that the family bed has been one of my favorite things.⁣ ⁣ We still read aloud altogether in a cuddly heap every evening, we have the coziest movie nights, we’re all warm and comfortable on cold nights when storms knock out the power, and anyone who wants extra closeness always has space here.⁣ ⁣ My kids have had their own bedrooms and beds forever but there’s just something so special about them knowing there is always space here with us to be vulnerable—to laugh or cry and everything in between.⁣ ⁣ That balance of connection and independence is a beautiful thing.
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    We still have a twin mattress alongside our king (which takes up our entire very small bedroom) and I just have to say that the family bed has been one of my favorite things.⁣ ⁣ We still read aloud altogether in a cuddly heap every evening, we have the coziest movie nights, we’re all warm and comfortable on cold nights when storms knock out the power, and anyone who wants extra closeness always has space here.⁣ ⁣ My kids have had their own bedrooms and beds forever but there’s just something so special about them knowing there is always space here with us to be vulnerable—to laugh or cry and everything in between.⁣ ⁣ That balance of connection and independence is a beautiful thing.
  • The world is our classroom. The thermostat is set to freedom. The curriculum is adventure. The rules are the laws of nature.⁣ ⁣ The world is our office. Our coworkers are squirrels and deer. Our deadline is sunset. ⁣ ⁣ Kaleena from @5hourschoolweek is on the Sage Family Podcast today sharing a conversation with me about taking the leap into homeschooling and the powerful parallel between their journey to get themselves free from the system and aligned with their values with their work (a la the 5 Hour Work Week) and freeing their kids from the school system and aligned with their values for learning and living (kid work).
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    The world is our classroom. The thermostat is set to freedom. The curriculum is adventure. The rules are the laws of nature.⁣ ⁣ The world is our office. Our coworkers are squirrels and deer. Our deadline is sunset. ⁣ ⁣ Kaleena from @5hourschoolweek is on the Sage Family Podcast today sharing a conversation with me about taking the leap into homeschooling and the powerful parallel between their journey to get themselves free from the system and aligned with their values with their work (a la the 5 Hour Work Week) and freeing their kids from the school system and aligned with their values for learning and living (kid work).
  • Children do not need a curriculum to learn to read. Truth. Some kids can benefit from the extra support that a reading curriculum like All About Reading from @allaboutlearning can provide. Also true.⁣ ⁣ Click the link in my bio to read about how our unschooling family has been using a reading curriculum (spoiler alert: I talk a lot about dyslexia).
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    Children do not need a curriculum to learn to read. Truth. Some kids can benefit from the extra support that a reading curriculum like All About Reading from @allaboutlearning can provide. Also true.⁣ ⁣ Click the link in my bio to read about how our unschooling family has been using a reading curriculum (spoiler alert: I talk a lot about dyslexia).
  • I read this somewhere years ago and it really stuck with me. Traditional school is still raising kids for the Industrial Age but mainstream parenting is similarly designed to foster qualities needed for a long extinct world.⁣ ⁣ Think about the qualities needed for today’s world. Are your moment-to-moment parenting interactions fostering those qualities?⁣ ⁣ Now think about the fact that your kids will be adulting in the unknown world of tomorrow. We don’t know exactly what that world will need so instead I think of it the other way around: how can I raise my children to create the best possible world for them?⁣ ⁣ Comment below with the qualities you hope to foster through your parenting.
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    I read this somewhere years ago and it really stuck with me. Traditional school is still raising kids for the Industrial Age but mainstream parenting is similarly designed to foster qualities needed for a long extinct world.⁣ ⁣ Think about the qualities needed for today’s world. Are your moment-to-moment parenting interactions fostering those qualities?⁣ ⁣ Now think about the fact that your kids will be adulting in the unknown world of tomorrow. We don’t know exactly what that world will need so instead I think of it the other way around: how can I raise my children to create the best possible world for them?⁣ ⁣ Comment below with the qualities you hope to foster through your parenting.