Episode 8: Abbey

This week is with my friend Abbey, whose kiddos are 7 and 4. We name this in the episode but, the reality with literally every episode so far is we’re all rookies y’all 😅 And quite frankly, I think that’s a super-power for our Colorado crew at the moment. We don’t need to take ourselves so seriously (she said to herself…again and again, in all areas of life). Abbey spoke to how easy it is to lose sight of the why, which I could relate to. For example, many of us were drawn to homeschooling, at least in part, because of the flexibility, and in the early years, the ability to keep the wonder, not put so much pressure on, etc. And yet, I think every mom so far has described the pressure and found themselves adding it, putting it on, etc. without meaning to. We went down a couple rabbit holes, like how philosophies have infiltrated parenting and homeschooling, but also how sometimes those philosophies get watered down and become more of an aesthetic than a rooted practice….and about the busy-ness of homeschool vs. what Abbey dreamily described as “real home homeschooling” 😆 ☠️. For the introverts among us. None a’ that FAKE COMMUNITY STUFF lol.Abbey went from being the person who was like, “what a cool thing, but that’s not my thing” to it being her thing! And as is the case with all of these so far, I feel like we cover a lot of ground. Thanks for listening Resources shared > I gave a quick little shout to OutschoolAnd Abbey mentioned Khan AcademyAs per ushe, you can watch this interview on YouTube, too. Thanks for listening, reading, watching, engagingggg in any way. If you dig what I’m putting out there, you can give it a ♥️, share it, dialogue with me in the comments, and/or consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Peace Mail at peacemail.substack.com/subscribe