I’m not sure if we would have chosen to homeschool (more specifically unschool) our kids had I not retrained from engineer to primary school teacher. I had thought about homeschool, and went down the path of project based homeschooling for a while (I even compared Alex’s knowledge to Australian Curriculum Foundation level). This didn’t last long. Alex made sure of that. We’ve used Montessori methods too. But no, not for Alex.
Taking a step back and looking at this picture again, there’s something missing. And that’s a wonderful group of women I met a little over a year ago as part of a Natural Parenting playgroup. For the first time since having Alex, I didn’t feel like we were the ones swimming against the current….on a different parenting planet. They were understanding, supportive, fun and REAL. We even did a group parenting workshop together. I’ve learnt so much about parenting and myself.
If it wasn’t for them and the assurances from Vio, his belief in us as a family, I wouldn’t have been brave enough to make the choice. So thank you xx