Very true on the affordability depending on the country. In some places it is different than others. However, if parents deeply want to home educate, they will find a way. It might be remote work, or some form of a business that gives them more time flexibility. It's often about scaling back the outgoings, taking a good hard look at budgets and learning to be a bit minimalist. 😉

I disagree that domain bias is an issue. All children need is to be able to read, write and understand basic maths. As parents, we don't need to know everything to teach our children because we have access to the internet. My kids can learn almost anything they want supported by what's available online or by meeting people IRL. This is the major flaw in institutional education. Kids don't need their heads stuffed with a curriculum determined by government experts. This is a very major flaw because it is heavily contributing to childrens deteriorating mental health and well being. Most teaching professionals are not asking, why do these children need to learn this for their adult life? 🤷‍♀️

Unschooling leverages our children's curiosity. They learn by watching YouTube and asking questions. They follow their interests and enjoy learning. For us, we are travelling the world. There is absolutely no way any classroom on the face of the earth could create learning experiences like we've given our children. And there is absolutely no way I would've met some of the most extraordinary people we've met by living there suburbia first world BS dream 💯

We are on one small/modest income, not much savings, we didn't own a house or have assets before we left. We left at the start of Covid with less than $20k usd. We've been travelling for over three years living in Vietnam, Turkey, Greece and Spain. I am a big believer that if parents fight for their limitations, they will get to keep them. If parents deeply want to create multifaceted, wild and free learning experiences, they need to work on their belief first and then go live it. For most families in the developed world, there are excuses and there are choices. 🧡

Many teachers come with a flawed belief that only an institution can give children a broad curriculum that they supposedly need. Yet majority of adults (except teachers) use next to nothing of what they learned in school. The majority of adults are in careers where they train (learn) new things. Very rarely does anything taught in school help anyone with a career or business (unless it is an exceptional school) 🤷‍♀️

I say to people, if I can teach my children in less than one hour per day more effectively than they could learn in a classroom, then what is the point (apart from glorified daycare)? If schools send home homework, that's a massive red flag that school isn't working. I say this because I pulled my eldest out of school at age 8 and he may as well never have gone to school. I started him from absolute scratch, one hour a day and I got to enjoy watching him learn with ease. I have four children and my 6 yo does less than 30 minutes a day but if he were to go to school he'd need to be in a classroom with the 8yos because he is too smart. There is absolutely no way a school could've taught him like this 💜

Sorry for the long reply. It's something I am super passionate about and I really enjoy empowering parents to take their power back, acknowledge their ability to educate their children and just go do it. 🔥