Providing an environment where creativity and out-of-the-box thinking becomes the norm so children can thrive in the future work marketplace (notice I didn't say "job market" there?)
You know I’ve unschooled Lucas when homeschooling wasn’t even socially accepted let alone unschooling, until he was what would be considered the 4th grade and then I used a combination of an online curriculum for extra math and literature and me teaching him, until the 6th grade. He’s now attending a public school —Junior High School for the first time in his life because I couldn’t afford to continue teaching him at home— I had to work more. When I left my marriage, I burned through my savings like a California wildfire for three years, just to keep a downsized lifestyle and to keep teaching him at home but I ran out—if I wanted to keep food on the table and a roof over our head, he had to go to school so I could work more hours. The HDC is not only my way to be free to spend more time with my children and family, and the things that truly matter but it’s to afford to return to homeschooling my son. Your wisdom and advice has been instrumental in helping this come to fruition. Your money challenge started it all for me and I’m at least hopeful for the next year. My dream like yours, is to keep my kid’s mind and heart safe and to keep teaching him the important things he’ll need in life to not just survive but thrive. The fact that he’s in school really weighs heavy on my mind and I look forward to him coming home within the next few years. The sooner I can purchase a policy the shorter that timeline becomes. I appreciate this financial advice so much—I’m eternally grateful.
Not only will the family banking help you get there but so will your business transition to a model that fits YOUR life. Lucas can come on the retreats even and you’ll have the rest of the year to love that young man and guide him through his learning real values.
I absolutely feel you when it comes to that struggle of needing to provide + needing the time. Thank you for reading, sharing, and helping make my unschooling dreams for my boy a reality.
Don't even get me started on school!! I would have been the perfect kid to have been unschooled. I DO NOT LEARN in a traditional classroom, in lecture or reading form, I can't memorize shit, and I suck cow balls at tests. I didn't learn anything. I cried almost every day. It didn't help that the staff was awful (abusive) and it was a private school that forced me to pray multiple times a day - which I did NOT like. When I finally moved to public school in 4th grade, it was better, but only because the people were better. The school part was still a giant struggle. I'm so inspired by your commitment to unschooling!!
I was lucky to find a really amazing charter school tucked in the country (it's literally called the country school) among the forest that has shit like farm + garden, mindfulness, the Zen Den, art, and the staff is wonderful... all moms + dads of kids at the school. It's this gem in the middle of a really toxic county. His teachers have been utterly amazing so far. He's thrived after being a Covid kid who had no kids to play with for years.
I hear heinous things about their junior high problem, and the high schools around here are fucking garbage, so much bullying + violence, and teachers being fired for lewd acts. 🤬 So I KNOW that I'll be unschooling him at some point. I'm prepared to pull him at a moment's notice the minute it stops feeling like it's safe + free of indoctrination. My mom friends + I are already talking logistics, so we can do this as a little pod.
I hope more people make non-traditional choices with education because the indoctrination has to stop - we have to teach this next generation how to thrive... not just survive... in a system that's designed to eat them up.
If you're taking requests... let's pretend you are 🤣... I would la la loooove to hear how you're going to start teaching your son about this stuff. I want to undo the money mindset garbage I've already put on my kid + teach him, along with myself, how to have a really healthy relationship with money. I'm craving some direction on where to start with him (and obviously myself).
My first steps in teaching my boy about money are just the basic concepts of spending, saving and sharing. He has three jars with labels that he gets to chose where he puts money he gets.
We use his “spend” jar to go shopping if he wants something. Same with the share jar to buy gifts for his friends.
This will morph as he gets older into having responsibilities with the money he receives - he will have bills to pay.
He will also learn how to manage his own banking system through owning his loans (think buying a bike or car) and having to earn money to pay the funds back.
I’d rather he make financial mistakes while he’s still with me and learning to manage money instead of throwing him to the wolves 🐺 when he’s an adult.
What a great idea,...playing a game to make all this beautiful material stick!
Funny how I don't think I can say our children are unschooled, but we may be a hybrid...because I've never seen my wife simply use someone curriculum.
...and we have had a LOT of that over the decades (schooling 13 children is a challenge).
My wife always paid close attention to the learning needs of our kids, and always customized what she taught to best infuse that knowledge to the capabilities of the child.
I'll also point out that 'easy' is NOT a thing in our home. Mom and dad make you STRETCH and build those brains!!
You know I’ve unschooled Lucas when homeschooling wasn’t even socially accepted let alone unschooling, until he was what would be considered the 4th grade and then I used a combination of an online curriculum for extra math and literature and me teaching him, until the 6th grade. He’s now attending a public school —Junior High School for the first time in his life because I couldn’t afford to continue teaching him at home— I had to work more. When I left my marriage, I burned through my savings like a California wildfire for three years, just to keep a downsized lifestyle and to keep teaching him at home but I ran out—if I wanted to keep food on the table and a roof over our head, he had to go to school so I could work more hours. The HDC is not only my way to be free to spend more time with my children and family, and the things that truly matter but it’s to afford to return to homeschooling my son. Your wisdom and advice has been instrumental in helping this come to fruition. Your money challenge started it all for me and I’m at least hopeful for the next year. My dream like yours, is to keep my kid’s mind and heart safe and to keep teaching him the important things he’ll need in life to not just survive but thrive. The fact that he’s in school really weighs heavy on my mind and I look forward to him coming home within the next few years. The sooner I can purchase a policy the shorter that timeline becomes. I appreciate this financial advice so much—I’m eternally grateful.
Not only will the family banking help you get there but so will your business transition to a model that fits YOUR life. Lucas can come on the retreats even and you’ll have the rest of the year to love that young man and guide him through his learning real values.
I absolutely feel you when it comes to that struggle of needing to provide + needing the time. Thank you for reading, sharing, and helping make my unschooling dreams for my boy a reality.
Don't even get me started on school!! I would have been the perfect kid to have been unschooled. I DO NOT LEARN in a traditional classroom, in lecture or reading form, I can't memorize shit, and I suck cow balls at tests. I didn't learn anything. I cried almost every day. It didn't help that the staff was awful (abusive) and it was a private school that forced me to pray multiple times a day - which I did NOT like. When I finally moved to public school in 4th grade, it was better, but only because the people were better. The school part was still a giant struggle. I'm so inspired by your commitment to unschooling!!
I was lucky to find a really amazing charter school tucked in the country (it's literally called the country school) among the forest that has shit like farm + garden, mindfulness, the Zen Den, art, and the staff is wonderful... all moms + dads of kids at the school. It's this gem in the middle of a really toxic county. His teachers have been utterly amazing so far. He's thrived after being a Covid kid who had no kids to play with for years.
I hear heinous things about their junior high problem, and the high schools around here are fucking garbage, so much bullying + violence, and teachers being fired for lewd acts. 🤬 So I KNOW that I'll be unschooling him at some point. I'm prepared to pull him at a moment's notice the minute it stops feeling like it's safe + free of indoctrination. My mom friends + I are already talking logistics, so we can do this as a little pod.
I hope more people make non-traditional choices with education because the indoctrination has to stop - we have to teach this next generation how to thrive... not just survive... in a system that's designed to eat them up.
If you're taking requests... let's pretend you are 🤣... I would la la loooove to hear how you're going to start teaching your son about this stuff. I want to undo the money mindset garbage I've already put on my kid + teach him, along with myself, how to have a really healthy relationship with money. I'm craving some direction on where to start with him (and obviously myself).
I totally take requests!
My first steps in teaching my boy about money are just the basic concepts of spending, saving and sharing. He has three jars with labels that he gets to chose where he puts money he gets.
We use his “spend” jar to go shopping if he wants something. Same with the share jar to buy gifts for his friends.
This will morph as he gets older into having responsibilities with the money he receives - he will have bills to pay.
He will also learn how to manage his own banking system through owning his loans (think buying a bike or car) and having to earn money to pay the funds back.
I’d rather he make financial mistakes while he’s still with me and learning to manage money instead of throwing him to the wolves 🐺 when he’s an adult.
I love this!! I'm following along every step of the way... taking notes, gurl! 🥰
HAHAHA!...
[sticks tongue out right back...]
What a great idea,...playing a game to make all this beautiful material stick!
Funny how I don't think I can say our children are unschooled, but we may be a hybrid...because I've never seen my wife simply use someone curriculum.
...and we have had a LOT of that over the decades (schooling 13 children is a challenge).
My wife always paid close attention to the learning needs of our kids, and always customized what she taught to best infuse that knowledge to the capabilities of the child.
I'll also point out that 'easy' is NOT a thing in our home. Mom and dad make you STRETCH and build those brains!!
Loving this learning from you, Becky =)