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How Video Games Teach Our Kids More Than School Ever Did

How Video Games Teach Our Kids More Than School Ever Did

We used to worry about screen time. Every parent does at some point. How much is too much? Are the games rotting their brains? Should we be limiting it more? Then we flipped the question. Instead of asking “how much screen … Read more

Minecraft as a Math Textbook: The Unlikely Education of a 9-Year-Old

Minecraft as a Math Textbook: The Unlikely Education of a 9-Year-Old

We tried three different math curricula before giving up. Workbooks. Online programs. That one app everyone recommends. Our son would do about ten minutes of any of them before his eyes glazed over and he asked if he could play Minecraft … Read more

Unschooling FAQ: Honest Answers to the Questions Everyone Asks

Unschooling FAQ: Honest Answers to the Questions Everyone Asks

If you tell someone you unschool your kids, you get the same ten questions every time. From relatives, neighbors, strangers at the grocery store. We’ve heard them all hundreds of times by now. These are honest answers from a family … Read more

How We Built Custom AI Tutors for Our Homeschool Kids

How We Built Custom AI Tutors for Our Homeschool Kids

When our family started using AI for homeschooling, we did what most people do: we opened ChatGPT and typed “help my kid with math.” It was fine. Generic, but fine. The AI gave correct answers. It could explain things step by … Read more

What a Real Unschooling Day Looks Like

What a Real Unschooling Day Looks Like

“But what do you DO all day?” If you’re an unschooling family, you’ve heard this question a hundred times. From well-meaning relatives, curious neighbors, that one friend who keeps sending you articles about how kids … Read more