202: You Don't Need Our Permission, But...

Update: 2022-12-05

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Join us as we talk about all things you should give yourself permission to do in homeschool - change, quit, protect, trust, and say yes.

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Complete Episode Transcript

[00:00:09 ] Maren: hi, we're Mar and Angela of homeschool, unrefined. Over the past 25 years, we've been friends, teachers, homeschool parents and podcasters, together with our master's degrees and 20 years combined homeschooling. We're here to rethink homeschooling, learning, and education with an inclusive and authentic

[00:00:28 ] Angela: lens.

[00:00:30 ] At Homeschool, unrefined, we prioritize things like giving yourself credit, building strong connections, respectful parenting, interest led playing and learning, learning differences, mental health, self care, and listening to and elevating LGBTQ plus and BI voices.

[00:00:48 ] Maren: We are here to encourage and support you.

[00:00:51 ] Whether you're a new homeschooler, a veteran, you love curriculum, you're an unschooler. Whether all your kids are at home or all your kids are [00:01:00 ] at school or somewhere in between. Wherever you are on your journey, we are the voice in your head telling you, you're doing great, and so are your

[00:01:07 ] Angela: kids. This is episode 2 0 2.

[00:01:11 ] You don't need our permission, but we are gonna talk about five things we should always allow ourselves to do, and then we are gonna end like we always do with our lt. Ws Loving this week. And before we get started, we wanted to let you know if you are listening to this the day it comes out on Monday, then tomorrow, December.

[00:01:33 ] Sixth, we are going to be having our class in Patreon that's gonna be all about how to take a winter break. Mm-hmm. . And that is gonna be at one o'clock central. We'd love to have you there. It's gonna be informal. There's gonna be 30 minutes of us talking live, and then there's gonna be 15 minutes of q and a.

[00:01:52 ] So if you'd like to join us, you can go to pat our Patreon links in the show notes and get set up there.

[00:01:57 ] Maren: Yes.

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