21/12/2025
People often ask us why we’ve chosen to homeschool.
And our answer is less political and far more about alignment with our parenting values.
From the moment we become mothers, we’re encouraged to trust our intuition. To parent with confidence. We’re told we are the experts on our children. Then, when they turn five, we’re told to hand them over to the experts.
But what if we didn’t stop being the experts?
The audio on this reel speaks about the importance of how our children turn out. For me, that question has nothing to do with money, achievements, qualifications, or status. It’s about who they are as people.
Do they know themselves? Are they confident in who they are? Have they been given the space to grow without being rushed, measured, or moulded to fit outcomes that don’t honour their individuality?
Our choice to homeschool is about allowing our children to live slowly. To learn deeply. To follow curiosity rather than conformity. To thrive in the things they’re genuinely drawn to, not just what’s required to be ticked off.
It’s also about protecting our family unit. Instead of our sons being separated into different worlds at five years old, they’ll grow together. Learn together. Know one another deeply. That feels instinctual to me. It feels aligned with how childhood was always meant to be. Because when we are gone, they'll have each other. Our responsibility as parents is also to nurture their relationship with their siblings.
This choice is simply what aligns with our values — and I’m grateful we’re raising children in a generation where different paths are becoming more accepted.
When I grow old, I know I won’t measure this life by what we owned or earned. I’ll measure it by the kind, confident, self-aware humans we raised — and the time we were given together 🥹
