#20: Unschooling Criticism - from Friends and Family!
05/24/21 • 4 min
This recording was done prior to the winter holidays, when families are often trying to get together (even though 2020 was certainly an odd one for that!)
But I'm having so many questions lately about how to deal with criticism from family and friends, when we're exploring or deciding to unschool.
This quick podcast will help you!
Read more about dealing with critical family members:
Unschooling Mom2Mom website
Need more support?
Unschooling Guide: Critics and Naysayers
This mini-magazine is full of helpful suggestions for responses but also to help your with your own nagging doubts that might be having an influence on how the conversations are going. Read more about it.Creating Confidence MembershipAnd sometimes you need more support from others who are choosing this path too. Join my coaching group and receive coaching calls and a members-only portal full of information that will help you! We even have an entire section of resources specifically devoted to dealing with critics! Join us!Reach out if you're looking for more resources:
SuePatterson.comUnschoolingMom2Mom.com
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As always, reach out if you need help figuring out how unschooling can work for your family!
You don't have to do this alone!
Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources
Like what you're hearing? Want to buy Sue a cup of coffee?
Now you can!
Buy Me a Coffee
- Creating Confidence Membership Group
Podcast listeners can join without the sign up fee - so use this link! - UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
- Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
- Seasonal Unschooling Guides
- Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
This recording was done prior to the winter holidays, when families are often trying to get together (even though 2020 was certainly an odd one for that!)
But I'm having so many questions lately about how to deal with criticism from family and friends, when we're exploring or deciding to unschool.
This quick podcast will help you!
Read more about dealing with critical family members:
Unschooling Mom2Mom website
Need more support?
Unschooling Guide: Critics and Naysayers
This mini-magazine is full of helpful suggestions for responses but also to help your with your own nagging doubts that might be having an influence on how the conversations are going. Read more about it.Creating Confidence MembershipAnd sometimes you need more support from others who are choosing this path too. Join my coaching group and receive coaching calls and a members-only portal full of information that will help you! We even have an entire section of resources specifically devoted to dealing with critics! Join us!Reach out if you're looking for more resources:
SuePatterson.comUnschoolingMom2Mom.com
_____________________________________________________
As always, reach out if you need help figuring out how unschooling can work for your family!
You don't have to do this alone!
Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources
Like what you're hearing? Want to buy Sue a cup of coffee?
Now you can!
Buy Me a Coffee
- Creating Confidence Membership Group
Podcast listeners can join without the sign up fee - so use this link! - UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
- Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
- Seasonal Unschooling Guides
- Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
Previous Episode
#19: Am I Doing ENOUGH?
When people begin to homeschool in a less-traditional way - like unschooling - they often worry if they are doing enough, providing enough, educating enough.
Sure, it would be a lot easier to follow a curriculum or just do what the teacher/expert told you to do. But now you’re aspiring for more than that kind of mindless following. While you recognize that the one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for you or your child, that does put a significant amount of responsibility on your shoulders. And that often leads to feeling pressure.
Stepping off the predesigned conventional path can feels loose and lacking in purpose. Add in a good deal of fear that often accompanies parents new to unschooling, and it can feel pretty overwhelming.
Listen to the podcast to help you reframe some ideas, overcome some fears, and find the reassurance you need to be successful.
Knowledge + Support = Successful Unschooling
Read the Transcript
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"Unschooling Guide: Am I Doing Enough?"This is a common question from parents new to unschooling. Families may be concerned about educational activities concerned about educational activities, if their child has enough opportunities to explore and discover, or how the days are progressing. Parents waste a lot of time second-guessing themselves! This 25-page full-color Unschooling Guide will help you figure out if you're doing fine - or if you may need change things up a bit. Here are a few of the topics and how we'll walk you through this question:
- Practical suggestions for changes at home
- Paying attention to community influence
- Do we need more structure?
- Thinking about priorities
- Helpful tips
- Journal prompts
- Additional articles and resources
Creating Confidence Membership Group
Sue Patterson helps guide families toward more confidence with unschooling, helping them tackle their fears and concerns, providing solid information and sharing experiences she has seen over the past 25 years of unschooling. This is a FABULOUS way to get coaching, find a community, AND have access to resources in her
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As always, reach out if you need help figuring out how unschooling can work for your family!
You don't have to do this alone!
Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources
Like what you're hearing? Want to buy Sue a cup of coffee?
Now you can!
Buy Me a Coffee
- Creating Confidence Membership Group
Podcast listeners can join without the sign up fee - so use this link! - UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
- Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
- Seasonal Unschooling Guides
- Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
Next Episode
#21: Unschooled Teens and College
Are you worried about your teen having access to college if you choose the unschooling route? Rest assured, unschoolers get into college all the time!
Sue Patterson will walk you through an unschooling path to college.
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RESOURCES...
Unschooling Transcripts - A Mini-Course for Parents of Unschooled Teens
Homeschooled Teens: 75 Young People Speak about Their Lives without School
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As always, reach out if you need help figuring out how unschooling can work for your family!
You don't have to do this alone!
Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources
Like what you're hearing? Want to buy Sue a cup of coffee?
Now you can!
Buy Me a Coffee
- Creating Confidence Membership Group
Podcast listeners can join without the sign up fee - so use this link! - UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
- Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
- Seasonal Unschooling Guides
- Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
Unschooling Mom2Mom - #20: Unschooling Criticism - from Friends and Family!
Transcript
Hi Everybody!
As we approach the holidays, unschooling families often have a lot more "family input" than usual. And family members may not be crazy about this educational choice you've made.
This week, I want to focus on helping you figure out how to cope with the criticism that may be coming your way. Whether you're meeting in person or through a Zoom call, we can sometimes feel like we're in the "hot seat."
Some people worry that being on a Zoom call for the family get tog
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