The pediatrician hinted about a disorder while I sat in a chair and he stood over my son's incubator. I left confused and in tears.⠀ The official diagnosis was handed to me without support in the NICU. I held my son, the doctor casually leaned on the empty...
I have internalized ableism, and deschooling is my rehab.⠀ ⠀ As children, we grow up trusting that what adults tell us is right and good and true. We absorb what we hear and what we see. We accept it as fact.⠀ When things feel a little off, we learn to suppress those...
Our world is divided even among sub-communities. From the outside, it looks like there are only two schools of thought when it comes to education: those who choose conventional schooling and those who homeschool. If we lean in, we see that there are many subgroups...
I cried myself to sleep each Sunday night of the third grade. I was a newcomer to the school where the only other people I knew were my brother and a childhood friend—both not in my class.⠀ In a split 3/4 class where I was among the youngest students, I felt...
Inclusion is not solely a disability matter. We cannot talk about representation while excluding other identities.⠀ ⠀ Schools do this well when they boast STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for girls. While this is progress, members...
I often say home education is my personal rebellion against the systems that oppressed individuals like my son for centuries. Unschooling, in particular, is a resistance to all oppressive institutions, including those that oppress marginalized communities....
To stay the course in anything we do, it's always a good idea to ask ourselves why. Why did we choose this? Why did we want to do this in the first place? When we connect with the "why," it keeps us motivated to keep going. I challenge you to go one step further...
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be "good enough" to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of strangers because...
Inclusion is not solely a disability matter. We cannot talk about representation while excluding other identities.⠀ ⠀ Schools do this well when they boast STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for girls. While this is progress, members...
I often say home education is my personal rebellion against the systems that oppressed individuals like my son for centuries. Unschooling, in particular, is a resistance to all oppressive institutions, including those that oppress marginalized communities....
To stay the course in anything we do, it's always a good idea to ask ourselves why. Why did we choose this? Why did we want to do this in the first place? When we connect with the "why," it keeps us motivated to keep going. I challenge you to go one step further...
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be "good enough" to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of strangers because...