Unschooling Mom2Mom

Hey Reader! The school supplies have been in the stores for weeks. Your social media feed is filling up with first-day pictures. Buses are already rolling through the neighborhoods again. But your kids won’t be getting on one. That can feel wonderfully freeing, right up until you realize the school calendar has been organizing more of your life than you thought. Once you take school away, there’s suddenly a lot of open space. Not just in the day, but in the way you think about learning,...

Hey Reader, July disappeared quickly—and I know a lot of you are just now turning your attention toward fall. So I’m leaving both of my $99 self-paced options available through Sunday night: The 2-Course Option If you're wondering, "I think I understand pieces of unschooling... but how does it all fit together?" this bundle was created for you.This solid foundation is for parents who prefer to learn at their own pace and come back to the material whenever new questions arise. You'll discover:...

Hey Reader,A recent Parents.com article listed four potential “cons” of unschooling. But as I read them, I kept thinking: Are these really problems with unschooling—or signs that we’re still looking at learning through a school lens? I have thoughts. 😊 Watch the Video Or, if you’d rather listen, the podcast went out last night on all the platforms:The Cons of Unschooling - Where Homeschooling Parents Need to Pivot (apple podcasts)or on Spotify P.S. The two courses I mention in the episode are...

Hi Reader, I talk a lot about the Creating Confidence Community and the Daily program—because ongoing encouragement and connection can be incredibly helpful. But some of us prefer to learn on our own. Maybe you’re a Course Person. You like to set aside a weekend, work through the information, and follow a clear path from beginning to end.The Unschooling Starter Bundle includes TWO courses:→ Unschooling 101 - your practical steps to start unschooling.→ Learning Math Without Curriculum -...

Hey Reader, I thought timelines were mostly a school thing: reading ages, grade levels, and what kids are “supposed” to learn when. But after unpacking this idea all month, I realized timelines are tangled up with nearly every fear that makes unschooling hard to trust. We look at what our child is doing today—and turn it into a frightening story about their future. That’s what I’m exploring in this week’s podcast: Maybe Timelines Are Why Unschooling Feels So Hard Listen to the Podcast/Read at...

Hi Reader!We’re exploring all the worries connected to Timelines inside the Creating Confidence Daily this month, and I wanted to be sure you see this video.I shared the podcast version yesterday, but I know so many of you (like me!) are big YouTube watchers. So here ya go! If you sometimes find yourself with a knot in your stomach about whether the kids are “on track,”I think you’ll find this conversation reassuring. Watch here And while you’re there, would you subscribe to my channel if you...

Hi Reader!Have you ever caught yourself wondering... "Is my child behind?" It's one of the most common questions homeschooling and unschooling parents ask. But it's built on an assumption so many of us haven't stopped to examine: When we leave school, do we have to keep measuring our children by the school's timeline? Or does learning outside the classroom give us an entirely different way to notice growth? That's what we're unpacking in this week's podcast. If you feel ok with unschooling...

Hey Reader! Before the back-to-school conversations start swirling around you, I wanted to offer something for those of you who'd like to feel a little more prepared. Then you can stop researching for a while... and get back to summer with your kids. Some parents love the Creating Confidence community inside Unschooling Mom2Mom - you're always welcome to join us! But others would rather work through something on their own pace. Maybe curl up on the couch, and DIY your way through! So for the...

Hi Reader,Yesterday afternoon we tried something new in my Creating Confidence Community—an extra hangout for unschooling moms. We're calling them Friday Mom Mixers. It's not really a coaching call. It's just a place for moms to talk with each other. About our kids. About life. About the kinds of things that come up when you're raising your family a little differently than almost everyone else around you.One thing that came up several times was how few local unschooling moms most of us know...