Momma Loudon

Momma Loudon Jesus-loving mom of 9 with a Masters in Business Leadership. Helping parents lead intentionally, build strong families, & raise capable kids.

09/17/2026

Start with the end in mind….so they take the right classes, the credits build towards their degree, AND they transfer to your child’s University of choice for their Bachelor’s Degree. EARLY COLLEGE, STRATEGICALLY: How to be intentional about Start Earning College Credit While Still in High School (or before).

After sharing that my 13-year-old just picked up his college ID…and that several of my older kids have earned associate degrees before graduating high school…I got SO many questions about exactly how we do this.

So I’m breaking it ALL down in this series.

Not because every child should start college early. They shouldn’t. Not because a college degree is the only path to success. It isn’t.

But IF college is part of your child’s future, I want parents to know what options may be available…and how to use them strategically.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

1. How high-school students can take real college classes
2. How to find concurrent/dual-enrollment programs where you live
3. What college classes can cost while your child is still in high school
4. How to know if your child is actually ready for college-level work
5. Why we often choose concurrent enrollment instead of AP
6. How we choose classes AND professors
7. How to make sure credits will actually transfer
8. Why we build toward a degree instead of collecting random credits
9. CLEP exams, Modern States, (I am just learning about this option myself) AP and other ways to earn college credit
10. Options for homeschool, public-school and private-school students
11. What international families and Americans living abroad can investigate
12. What parents need to understand about a REAL college transcript
13. How the associate degree works…and what happens afterward
14. How I would build a college-credit plan if I were starting over today

And more. Follow along and save this series so you can come back to it.

Leave your questions below.

⚠️ state, university, transfer, residency, eligibility, policies, and how it may affect future scholarship opportunities etc may vary state to state and college to college. I’m sharing what we’ve learned from our family’s experience and teaching you what to research…not promising that every program or strategy will work for every student.


09/16/2026

EARLY COLLEGE, STRATEGICALLY: How to be intentional about Start Earning College Credit While Still in High School (or before).

After sharing that my 13-year-old just picked up his college ID…and that several of my older kids have earned associate degrees before graduating high school…I got SO many questions about exactly how we do this.

So I’m breaking it ALL down in this series.

Not because every child should start college early. They shouldn’t. Not because a college degree is the only path to success. It isn’t.

But IF college is part of your child’s future, I want parents to know what options may be available…and how to use them strategically.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

1. How high-school students can take real college classes
2. How to find concurrent/dual-enrollment programs where you live
3. What college classes can cost while your child is still in high school
4. How to know if your child is actually ready for college-level work
5. Why we often choose concurrent enrollment instead of AP
6. How we choose classes AND professors
7. How to make sure credits will actually transfer
8. Why we build toward a degree instead of collecting random credits
9. CLEP exams, Modern States, (I am just learning about this option myself) AP and other ways to earn college credit
10. Options for homeschool, public-school and private-school students
11. What international families and Americans living abroad can investigate
12. What parents need to understand about a REAL college transcript
13. How the associate degree works…and what happens afterward
14. How I would build a college-credit plan if I were starting over today

And more. Follow along and save this series so you can come back to it.

Leave your questions below.

⚠️ state, university, transfer, residency, eligibility, policies, and how it may affect future scholarship opportunities etc may vary state to state and college to college. I’m sharing what we’ve learned from our family’s experience and teaching you what to research…not promising that every program or strategy will work for every student.


09/15/2026

EARLY COLLEGE, STRATEGICALLY: How to be intentional about Start Earning College Credit While Still in High School (or before).

After sharing that my 13-year-old just picked up his college ID…and that several of my older kids have earned associate degrees before graduating high school…I got SO many questions about exactly how we do this.

So I’m breaking it ALL down in this series.

Not because every child should start college early. They shouldn’t. Not because a college degree is the only path to success. It isn’t.

But IF college is part of your child’s future, I want parents to know what options may be available…and how to use them strategically.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

1. How high-school students can take real college classes
2. How to find concurrent/dual-enrollment programs where you live
3. What college classes can cost while your child is still in high school
4. How to know if your child is actually ready for college-level work
5. Why we often choose concurrent enrollment instead of AP
6. How we choose classes AND professors
7. How to make sure credits will actually transfer
8. Why we build toward a degree instead of collecting random credits
9. CLEP exams, Modern States, (I am just learning about this option myself) AP and other ways to earn college credit
10. Options for homeschool, public-school and private-school students
11. What international families and Americans living abroad can investigate
12. What parents need to understand about a REAL college transcript
13. How the associate degree works…and what happens afterward
14. How I would build a college-credit plan if I were starting over today

And probably more…because your questions are already giving me ideas for additional videos. 😂
Follow along and save this series so you can come back to it.

Leave your questions below.

⚠️ state, university, transfer, residency, eligibility, policies, and how it may affect future scholarship opportunities etc may vary state to state and college to college. I’m sharing what we’ve learned from our family’s experience and teaching you what to research…not promising that every program or strategy will work for every student.


09/14/2026

EARLY COLLEGE, STRATEGICALLY: How to be intentional about Start Earning College Credit While Still in High School (or before).

After sharing that my 13-year-old just picked up his college ID…and that several of my older kids have earned associate degrees before graduating high school…I got SO many questions about exactly how we do this.

So I’m breaking it ALL down in this series.

Not because every child should start college early. They shouldn’t. Not because a college degree is the only path to success. It isn’t.

But IF college is part of your child’s future, I want parents to know what options may be available…and how to use them strategically.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

1. How high-school students can take real college classes
2. How to find concurrent/dual-enrollment programs where you live
3. What college classes can cost while your child is still in high school
4. How to know if your child is actually ready for college-level work
5. Why we often choose concurrent enrollment instead of AP
6. How we choose classes AND professors
7. How to make sure credits will actually transfer
8. Why we build toward a degree instead of collecting random credits
9. CLEP exams, Modern States, (I am just learning about this option myself) AP and other ways to earn college credit
10. Options for homeschool, public-school and private-school students
11. What international families and Americans living abroad can investigate
12. What parents need to understand about a REAL college transcript
13. How the associate degree works…and what happens afterward
14. How I would build a college-credit plan if I were starting over today

And probably more…because your questions are already giving me ideas for additional videos. 😂
Follow along and save this series so you can come back to it.

Leave your questions below.

⚠️ College, state, transfer, residency and eligibility policies vary. I’m sharing what we’ve learned from our family’s experience and teaching you what to research…not promising that every program or strategy will work for every student.

09/10/2026

We’ve used this path with our 4 oldest kids to earn associate degrees from a state university before high school graduation…and the rest are on the same path.

First, let me be clear: a college degree is NOT the only path. It’s definitely not the right path for every kid.

But if your child wants a formal degree or wants to pursue any career that requires a formal degree, this may be a much cheaper and more efficient way to get them started.

Instead of waiting until after high school to begin earning college credit, they can potentially graduate high school with a significant head start…saving both TIME and MONEY while keeping future options open.

But there are DEFINITELY things I wish I had understood before we started: all the red tape, what classes to take, what NOT to take, transferability, prerequisites, pacing, and how to make sure you’re actually working toward something rather than just collecting random college credits.

So let’s make this a series….so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel!

👇 Comment:

1. Your child’s AGE
2. Any question you have about earning college credit before high school graduation.

I’ll build the next several reels around the questions you leave here.

And send this to a parent who might have no idea this is even an option.

09/09/2026

Here’s the point I hope parents of small children hear:

The years 0-8 matter most!
INVEST IN THOSE YEARS!

Early childhood is a period of extraordinary brain plasticity. Their brains are like sponges…literally being built through repeated experiences, relationships, modeling, and interaction…often years before they’ll retain conscious memories of any of it.

Those ordinary years of repetition matter.

Be intentional by teaching them the things that will have the most impact on who they will become.

Name your values. Teach your values through children’s stories.
Model your values.
Talk about them.
Create expectations around them.
Notice and positively reinforce them when you see them.
Build a family culture where those values are simply “what we do.”

Not because it guarantees an outcome.

It doesn’t.

But because those are the years when you have the most influence over shaping your child at an identity level.

Eventually, your job changes.
You stop laying the foundation and start stepping back so they can decide what to build on it.

And if you’re currently watching an older child choose differently than you hoped, I hope you heard this part too:

Their current choices are not necessarily a final verdict on your parenting…or on who they will eventually become.

Our children have agency. They will make mistakes, question things we taught them, make choices we wouldn’t make, and sometimes need distance from us to figure out where we end and they begin.

And I actually think there’s something healthy (and developmentally appropriate) about that.

I did that with my parents.
I’ve watched my adult children do some version of it at some point, too.

The goal is to give them a strong enough foundation that someday they can stand on it. ❤️

What is something your parents planted in you that you didn’t appreciate (or even recognize) until you were older?

08/31/2026

Harvard tracked people for over 80 years to find the best predictor of professional success.
It wasn’t grades.
It wasn’t talent.
It wasn’t social status.

It was… CHORES, Grit, and love.

Chores build more than clean houses.

They build grit…and capable adults. Confident contributors. Connected families.

Mama, you’re not being lazy by teaching your kids to help…you’re being intentional.
You’re training future leaders… not running a luxury resort. 😉

They won’t learn responsibility by accident.
So hand them the broom, a rag, a toilet brush…
and remind them: Harvard says it’s time to clean their bathroom.

Tag a mama who needed this reminder.
Or your kid… if the trash is still sitting by the door. 😂

Here’s a Ted Talk by the former Dean of Stanford (Julie Lythcott-Haims), “How to Raise Successful Kids”. At 8:26, She starts talking about the 75-year-long + Harvard Study and its link to chores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=CyElHdaqkjo





08/30/2026

Get the youngest kid who can do the thing… to do the thing.

When there’s a chore that needs to be done, don’t call the one that already knows how to do it. Call the one who’s ready to level up.

“What a child can do today with assistance, they can do by themselves tomorrow.” -Vygotsky

I’m not just hosting long-term houseguests… I’m training future adults who can contribute, problem-solve, and be capable, competent leaders.





08/27/2026

You don’t need to know everything to homeschool your child.

You don’t need to remember every math formula or know all of world history.

I have a Master’s Degree, and I certainly don’t.

But you DO need to be willing to say:

“I don’t know the answer. Let’s find out!”

And then….show them what it looks like to turn curiosity into knowledge.

Model what being a life-long learner looks like.

Let them see you try something new and be absolutely TERRIBLE at it. 😂
Take a class.
Practice, and Get better.

Let them see you ask questions, study, and even change your mind when you learn something you didn’t know before.

So here’s my challenge:

This week, learn something you genuinely want to know…simply because YOU want to know it.

👇 Tell me in the comments: What rabbit hole are you going down?

I’ll go first:
Tuguegarao, Philippines. 🇵🇭

I currently know NOTHING about it. 😂

But my son is about to live there for two years, so I want to know EVERYTHING!!! I’ll be diving down that rabbit hole, head first!

08/26/2026

No one in this world knows, loves, or cares about your child’s growth and development as much as YOU do.

And individualized education does not mean designing a life where your child never has to struggle.

Sometimes loving a child means accommodating them.

Sometimes it means supporting them.

Sometimes it means stretching them.

And sometimes it means recognizing that their brain genuinely isn’t ready for something yet…letting them build confidence and capability somewhere else…and circling back later.

There is a HUGE difference between:

“This is beyond your current capacity.”

and

“This is too hard for you, so you don’t need to worry about learning it.”

I don’t want to educate AROUND my children’s limitations.

I want to understand their limitations well enough to help them gradually EXPAND beyond them.

That requires knowing the actual child in front of you…not just their age, grade level, curriculum, diagnosis, personality type, or supposed learning style.

Meet them where they are.

But love them enough not to leave them there.

👇 Parents of multiple kids: What worked AMAZINGLY for one of your children and completely bombed with another? 😂


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