Is My Child Behind? Or Am I Using the Wrong Timeline? | 219
About this episode
Is your child really behind... or are you comparing them to the wrong timeline?
When we leave school, do we have to carry the school's timeline with us?
Doesn't the freedom to learn outside a classroom give us a different way to measure growth?
In this episode, we're exploring one of the most common fears homeschooling and unschooling parents face: the worry that their child is falling behind. But before we answer that question, I want to challenge the assumptions behind it.
If you've ever found yourself wondering whether your child is learning enough, reading soon enough, or keeping pace with everyone else, this conversation will help you see learning—and your child—through a different lens.
If this episode has you looking at your own child a little differently, you may have questions that are unique to your family.
That's exactly what we talk through inside my Creating Confidence Community.
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Every week, parents bring questions about reading, math, teenagers, motivation, transcripts, screens... and yes, those worries about whether their child is "behind."
If you'd like to experience those conversations for yourself, I'd love to invite you to come spend a week with us.
You can join a coaching call, meet other unschooling parents, browse the resource library, or simply listen in.
Your first week is free, so you'll have plenty of time to see whether it's the kind of support you've been looking for.
I hope to see you there.
Let me know what you think of this!
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