I homeschooled for 10 years. Socialization is always brought up by people. My kids were involved in scouts, soccer, co-op group, music lessons, volunteering, youth group. From my experience most kids today are so disrespectful and rude I don’t won’t my kids around most of them. I get compliments all the time from parents about how well behaved my children are and how helpful they are at church or events with whatever task is needed.
I agree. Socialization is always brought up, like homeschoolers never go out in the real world! My son at 13 years old would carry on conversations and look people in the eye as they talked, he would greet people with a firm handshake. Because of homeschooling he was able to participate in Junior Toastmasters! They are far from isolated.
We homeschool and that is exactly one of the reasons why regarding the socialization part. People always bring that up and we’re like we really don’t want our children to socialize with most of the kids in public school nowadays
In my experience the kids that go to traditional school are like zombies. You ask them a simple question and they shrug their shoulders and say “I dunno know” with such little energy that I wonder if they ate in the last two days. But then you see them talking to kids their age and they are like totally different people. It’s quite shocking. Homeschooled kids on the other hand talk to everyone, they are so good at communicating and listening to people no matter their age. They value the knowledge of their elders because they have learned these people are a source of knowledge. They are polite and they feel…alive, full of energy. I’m so sorry but I don’t buy the socializing aspect that people bring up against homeschooling.
@@BMITCH6770most kids in public school are like zombies quite frankly anyways. They only talk and seem to have energy when talking to their friends their age. Anyone outside of that and they act like half dead. Plus what do they REALLY learn at school? It’s probably more of a beauty/wealth/popularity competition than an actual place of learning
I taught at the college level and my husband at a technical school. We both loved our homeschooled students. They were respectful, smart, disciplined, & capable.
Given 54% of adult Americans can't read beyond a 6th grade level, I have little hope for American families with the desire to homeschool, particularly as the public education system implodes within the next few years.
@@ronfriedman8740Just look at the statistics from homeschool. That being said, there are so many resources out there so that a parent doesn’t have to do it all. My kids have taken many online courses (mostly in older grades.) They start with my favorite- an in depth literature course in 7th or 8th grade- then we do all the high school science online.
I'm homeschooling. My kids sit for about 1 to 2 hours learning the things they DON'T want to and then we spend the rest of the day learning what they DO want to. And, yes, I'm controlling my kids because they're kids and if i let them do exactly what they want all the time they would be DEAD!😂
@@raedorin979I am a special needs tutor in Florida. We have a very large homeschool population. I have worked with both traditional homeschooling (what you are describing) and unschooling communities. I have met 5th grade aged children unable to read and write their names. I have seen some very horrifying gaps in knowledge. It happens a lot more than people realize and that is when the state sends me in. I have had to go back and teach 1st grade concepts to 7th grade age kids before. It is honestly horrific. My traditional homeschooling people are awesome! They use curriculums, books filled with writing and math instruction. They use crayons, glue, paint, music, songs, field trips, the whole works! I think a lot of people are confusing unschooling with traditional homeschooling and they are not remotely the same.
Agree! I like the woman in the clip, but learning how to do things you don't want to do is also an important skill in life and I think that's completely missing here. I'm a bit skeptical of the entire concept of "child led" learning.
These kids, certainly aren't going to be doctors or scientists or anything that requires any kind of advanced understanding. They'll be able to work on a migrant firm though
Taylor and Nick, this is not new. Kids on farms learn the same thing then go to school for formal training. Their children are young, at a time parents are the most confident but under tested. Come back when your kids are in their twenties, who can’t take criticism or refuse to be trained.
I recently volunteered at the local elementary school. I was shocked at what goes on in the classroom. There is minimal teaching and even less learning going on. The kids run wild, disrespectful of teachers, teachers who couldn’t care less, loss of teacher absenteeism. The school system is not doing a good job
Anyone pushing public schools especially middle school has no idea what goes on there. In Florida it's awful...fights, bullying, lunch is awful, teachers are not happy to many behavior issues in classrooms. If families can home school, good on them!
Sure, but climbing trees and helping dad build houses isn’t going to help you pass a bar exam. The mom said it’s better that they learn about plants than American history. So at some point in order to pass a bar exam, you have to learn to write and use a dictionary and memorize the laws…all of which come from serious studying at a desk. Not catching frogs in a pond.
It’ll come back to you real quick when you have kids. You pick it up at the grocery store for your 8th grader and you’re like “oh yeah, degrees and angles” haha
I left public school as a middle school English teacher with young kids. I saw what was in store for my children, and we all left together. We spent the next 12 years without my salary and covered every expense ourselves while living on a tight budget. We homeschooled using a classical curriculum. Our kids grew up to be fantastic adults. They found college to be fairly easy and graduated with highest honors. They are married, working hard, faithful, and care about their respective communities. They have strong family bonds with us and their extended family, an additional blessing often overlooked. They will most likely educate their own children one day. The only thing I regret is not having more children.
But you’re a qualified teacher. I think people who are qualified can be great at teaching their kids, but I’m worried about parents who do not have the knowledge to give their kids an advantage. Honestly, with all the school sh**t**gs I get it.
@@RGissellehomeschool parents are generally very motivated to learn how to homeschool. My degree was in elementary education and that didn’t really prepare me. My personal study on homeschooling did much more for me as a homeschool teacher than my BS in Education.
Who is going to care for your kid and their success more - their teachers or you? I've heard it said - you don't need to be an expert in a field but you are the expert on your child! That's what qualifies you to teach your own children!
I’m actually in agreement here with the parents. I used to be a teacher as well and the public school system is very broken. If nothing else, home school your kids.
I was homeschooled virtually all the way through 12th grade. My mom kept things significantly more structured than the couple in this video, but there were still gaps. We didn't do a ton of science and that was definitely a weak area for me. Regardless, I was offered scholarships for college and when I took science courses I did well because I knew how to learn from my homeschooling years. I cared about learning from my homeschooling years. Most importantly, I think, I had a beautiful relationship with my parents and siblings. From that foundation, I was far better equipped to succeed than my peers. My college chemistry class was taught by the head of the department, a notorious tough cookie, who afterward offered to write me a letter of recommendation. Though a little more structure at home wouldn't hurt these kids, I think their parents are giving them the best gifts-close family relationships, time in nature, and freedom from media or other addictions. If there are academic things they need to learn for something they want to do in the future, they will be well-equipped to tackle those when the time comes.
Thank you for sharing. These are some reasons we chose homeschooling and it’s beautiful to hear. So far it’s working out for my kids as well. By God’s grace. 3 in college, many scholarships and 2 coming behind.
I'm so happy that this is getting attention and being talked about. I homeschool and we do a mix of this. We go by the workbooks but also do mostly hands on learning. My children are genuinely happier and mentally healthier than others in the family that go to public school.
Take a walk through your local middle school during passing time and then reflect on what social skills you saw during that time that you would want your kids to emulate. The argument that you have to send your kids to a public school for socialization is a very weak argument.
My son stayed in the Public Middle school for only 2 months, I cant homeschool is too muh for me, I sent him to a Catholic school with less than 300 kids. Is awesome.
Thank you so much for doing an episode about unschooling! I am a former public school teacher with a Master's Degree in Education and over a decade of experience in the classroom. I left teaching in 2021, published my best-selling book Tales of a Toxic Teacher, and started making content on TikTok about unschooling. We have been unschooling for 6 years, and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that unschooling is the future of education and the ideal way to educate children.
Problem is that our current society is not set up for unschooling. Parents are working in the concrete jungle and then it’s sports, etc, after school and on weekends. So as society has become industrialized, education has also become industrialized. Unschooling is amazing as is homeschooling but it’s meant to be done within a family unit or at least a very small child to adult ratio. Unschooling in traditional classrooms wouldn’t work.
These parents are awesome - I homeschool and mine are graduating this year - public school is set up like a prison and not the best scenario for children. I commend these parents and I am happy for the children.
I applaud this family! We're also unschoolers (for 10 years). My children have never been a part of the school system. My oldest is an entrepreneur (he owns vending machines); & he's spoken to the students at the local Trade school (when he was only 9). All 4 of my kids own a very successful lemonade stand & they sell their artwork. We travel quite a bit; & we include them in most of everything we do. They've renovated homes with us, sat in meetings with attorneys, bankers & cpas. They’ve copiloted our airplane, captained our boat & so much more. They have most of the day to explore their individual interests; & we only spend a couple hours doing written work or having discussions. We also play board games that both teach & enhance spelling, reading & math skills. We hang out with the homeless; as well as visited with our neighbors at the nursing home. It's a great life! God bless you unschooling families!! It's a great work that we're doing!
I like to add that the school system wasn’t even set up but a few hundred years ago and now people treat it as if it were the gospel and only way to success. Homeschooling is looked at as foreign, though it wasn’t that long ago most people were teaching their kids from home. So easily do we forget where we came from and how indoctrinated we are by these systems that get set in place……I’m proud of these parents!!! These kids will be just fine and congrats!!! I know because by the grace of God mine were homeschooled and they are doing wonderful!! ❤
I have a son that has been interested in foreign languages since he was a toddler. I sent him to a dual language school from k-4th grade but he wanted to learn more languages so I told him he would have to homeschool because public school takes up so much of his day. He has been homeschooling for a year now and can read an speak a third language he also plays piano does archery and is becoming quite the artist. Just because he has so much more time in his day. He still does school work but it is far less time consuming than an 8 hour day plus 30 min bus ride to and from school. I have two younger children who are not in school yet and I plan on homeschooling them too now. I think 2020 was a big eye opener for alot of people on how school can be different
@lmcr9903 we have used both rosetta stone and duolingo. He says doulingo is more fun so we are sticking with that one until he is older. Maybe in highschool try another one.
Read the book by John Holt, 1967, which is a classic and a brilliant account of their family's Adventure in "How Children Learn." (p.s. their sons all went on to graduating from ivy league universities.)
I know an unschool family. Their kids are all very driven. That’s what they get from this and they are capable of whatever they put their mind too. They may be more advanced and less advanced in certain areas but their determination makes up for it. Unschooling is NOT homeschooling for the record. They don’t have a set curriculum. They learn from their environment and parents will set up teachable moments as they come whether that brings about opportunity to learn about reading or math, etc
Homeschool Mama here 🙋♀️ I applaud this family for breaking the mould. Kids weren’t made to sit in a desk for 8 hours a day. No wonder we have so many who struggle with attention issues. My child is on the autism spectrum and mostly nonverbal. She is almost 9 and is doing 3rd grade math here at home. Our public schools system wanted to stick her in the equivalent of a babysitting program, where I know they wouldn’t have the time or even know how to engage with her to know just how much she CAN do. At home, I’m able to work with her one on one. And because I know my child better than anyone, I know how to engage and get at her level. She’s a genius. She still attends speech, occupational, and physical therapy on a weekly basis. She also attends Sunday School with other children her age and church faithfully. Not to mention, has a close relationship with all of her grandparents/great grandparents. She is around other people all the time! I always say God gave her to my husband and I to raise and nurture. She doesn’t belong to the public school system (aka the government).
32 years teaching sports and my two kids are grown now. We did homeschooling until 6th grade. Looking back I would never allow my kids to attend public school again.
Good for them. I had a great public school experience but I'm rooting for this family. This is my first year to fully homeschool my own children and it's been amazing! We do have a curriculum but I love the freedom my kids have to just be kids and to learn in a more hands on way. Proud of this Mom for handling herself so well!
@@manoahcarter5537 If you have a curriculum that you faithfully use it is not unschooling but actually traditional homeschooling! I am so happy it is working well for you!
These boys are so happy and balanced and well adjusted! Fantastic job parents! My son was in Montessori from preK through 5th grade. They got to play, build forts, take care of animals, garden, and decide what they wanted to work on. It was beautiful
I applaud these parents. My kids are autistic and are not motivated for school but love learning things they are interested in. I plan to pull them from the public school system after elementary school.
@@nyecore Hey there, I am a big sister to three little sisters on the spectrum. I am 9 years older than my nonverbal twin sisters. I am 8 years older than my level 2 sister. I was a big sister who very much raised them in a mother like capacity. As an adult, I went on to become a special needs teacher and then became a special needs tutor who works with the homeschooling population in the State of Florida. Children with autism are extraordinarily capable. They are very much still able to learn things beyond just what they "Want to learn." If I had taken that approach with my sisters, they would not be where they are at today. For example, my little sister who is level 2 was terrified of hair dryers inside of public restrooms. Did I accept that? Absolutely not. I took a hair dryer on a low setting so it would not be hot and to begin with I let her explore it. The next day I turned it on for 2 seconds. Each day I increased the amount of time the hair dryer was running. At the end of 2 weeks she had her hands underneath the hair dryer and she loved it!!! I took her into the public bathroom the next day and turned on the hair hand dryer and she was completely fine! No more accidents because she wanted to avoid public restrooms. Now, I often do integrate topics of interest or their obsessive qualities within their work. For example, my sister who was nonverbal absolutely loves horses. So, I would make reading all about horses. Guess what my sister is now able to do??? She may be nonverbal but she can read and I was able to teach her how to use a communicative device!!!!!! Unschooling is great in theory except for the fact it leaves explicit gaps in knowledge. The autistic population is so able!!!!! They just need an extra hand along the way.
I would highly encourage it, I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD as a child, and since I have gotten off of medications and challenged my mind more, I have found that my DIAGNONSENSE was purely a control tactic by doctors for a child that simply needed a father, structure and discipline etc.
@mcraft1181 Why not!????!!!! My sister who was diagnosed with what would now be considered a level 3 back in the late '90s early 2000s it was considered canners. She went on to become completely verbal. Went on to University graduated top of her class.... Why on Earth would you take that away from people who are renowned for being more intelligent than both you and I could possibly comprehend???!!!!!! She attended school and absolutely thrived in it. Absolutely thrived to the point where people were lining up to pay for her college education.
As the former educator, I really feel that this couple is absolutely correct! In the end, I was more afraid of my administration than being concerned about children's education. There were guidelines that I had to follow. There were standardized tests that I had to teach to. And now that you mentioned it, I had the same experience with math. It was a lot of focus on what I wasn't good at not what I was good at. I too had self-esteem issues from these experiences.
Or interviews the teens. My neice and nephew were unschooled by my sister (their mother) and they are nearly illiterate despite her having a teaching degree.
My husband and I could have been this couple on stage 20+ years ago. Same intention but speaking now from lived experience after homeschooling 5 children there’s a dark side to this. When children are small, they love the active learning and freedom that comes with homeschool but when the late teen years come and more exposure to the world arrives-a resentment can build. We now have an estranged child with the base reason that we “neglected” her by homeschooling her. We have had to repair relationships with 3 of our adult children due to years of strife over the fact that we homeschooled. After all that our family has endured, we chose to enroll our youngest in a private school for her 4 years of high school. We believe this decision has made a major difference in our relationship with this child. Each parent has to choose what is best for their family and I stand in no judgment but I do believe more older parents need to share their experience of choosing an alternative education path and the realities that can come with a somewhat romantic endeavor of real education so that the younger generation can make a more informed decision. Thanks Dr Phil for providing a platform that shares views from all angles.
@@jozette9281 As a person who was seriously bullied in middle and high school, up to the point of me wanting to take my own life and many years of struggle to overcome the complex trauma, I do hope you won't force it upon your children, based upon one family's not-standard outcome here. Wonder what else is different in this family. Most homeschooled children have a deeper bond with their families instead of a lesser bond, let alone being estranged. Seems there must have been another overlooked variable here.
There are probably many more people who have estranged relationships with their children who they sent to public school, and the kids were influenced and indoctrinated by the liberal progressive woke mind virus. You just never know how things will play out either way. You just have to do what you believe to be best for your kids. Also, no matter how great of a parent you try to be, your kids will still probably find reasons to be mad at you. There is a saying that goes, "First you glorify your parents. Then, you villainize your parents, and then, you humanize your parents." Most people will go through this cycle one way or another.
We have unschooled for the last 6.5 years. Our oldest taught himself to read at age 8.5 and went from early readers to 300 page WWII history books in 9 months. If he would have been in school, he would have been labeled as 'behind' and would have had remedial reading. History is his passion and he is self motivated to learn about that at age 10, while his public school peers won't learn about WWII for another five to six years. He asked me to find him a Pearl Harbor documentary to watch on Dec 7th. So for us, unschooling is supporting our children's interests and providing them the resources to learn what interests them.
We just watched "Midway" with Dennis Quaid. It was great! Not a documentary, but enjoyed it very much. We have homeschooled for nearly 20 years and I wouldn't change a thing. We've done periods of very relaxed schooling. But never full unschooling. I fully applaud this couple.
I saw this with good friends who unschooled, and thier kids all excelled. However...as a homeschooling parent (kids are grown) I would say that homeschooling is not good for every child or every family. Unschooling should include letting the child choose to go to school if they want, within reason according to that child's need. Unschooling can be cultist. Public education can be cultist. It is important for parents to cue in to their kids.
That's not all children though. I homeschool, but if I waited until my daughter decided to "teach herself to read", she wouldn't be reading because I discovered that she needs extra help in that area and has dyslexia.
@@ItsJustAConversationNot really. I've been Unschooling my 4 kids for 10 years; & I've found that they typically pick up reading on their own & excel, around the age of 8. I started with my oldest when he was 3; & he picked it up. My second oldest just wasn't interested. So I allowed him to pick it up at his own pace; & he's an excellent reader.
How lucky you are to have the resources and time to be able to stay home with your children and provide this opportunity. Let’s not forget that most people are not in that situation. And let’s not forget that there are many many inspired teachers who are doing the best they can for public school students.
So true. I thank God all the time that I am able to homeschool my children, and I can attest that it can get pricey with buying the materials and buying food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Buying activities that are not computerized for them to do. Taking the children places, which uses gas. All these things can get pricey depending on the amount of children you have.
We make it work with what we have. Mostly free. Our own creativity. Goals met all around. We just make it work because this is what we want and believe is the best fit and do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Everybody prioritizes didn't things. Some parents refuse to work alternative shifts or even school when they still have to work. If you care about it then you will figure it out. So tired of people turning everything into a 'woah is me'or 'lets be enlightened and throw what abouts around' moment.
It's not about luck at all. It's about prioritizing what's more important to you. It's about sacrificing the biggest or prettiest house, the most up to date phone, a new car, extravagant or regular vacations, or the new gaming system. It's about knowing what is best for our children because we are their parents. We're all free to choose, and has nothing to do with luck.
I took my son out of school when he got in trouble bc he didn't want to stop reading - he was 5. Now he is ten and reads completely on his own volition for around 4-7 hrs a day. We do math and Writing skills for his grade and he spends the rest of the day reading, playing chess, and basketball. Or Whatever. We love it!!!
Yay! Thank you for highlighting unschooling. I was unschooled and my kids were unschooled. We’ve never regretted it. It’s all about learning through hands on experiences rather than through rote memorization & worksheets. They’re free to follow their interests, which leads to deeper learning. I tell people it’s flipped learning. Rather than working on learning skills for an activity they may never pursue, they do an activity that does interest them that requires skills and they acquire them as they go. It’s not for everyone, but my family has enjoyed having the freedom to pursue learning in a way that worked best for each of our kids as individuals. It will look different for every family & each child.
This mentality is training kids to be entrepreneurs and problem solvers, not unexperienced people with a degree trying to apply for a job that needs that experience and ended up working in something else because they are not capable to undertake something on their own
The public school system is so broken. I see a teacher right here on TH-cam in chat all day as she’s “teaching “ Teachers need to lose their cell phones and social media during work hours.
My opinion is let’s see if their way of having their children learn works. Do a follow up in ten years or so and see how they are doing. It’s refreshing to see their kids exploring and experiencing the world and not on a device playing video games.
We live in a day and age where information is free and the government has thoroughly ruined public education. Its up to us as parents to take our children's education into our own hands. We're living in a new world and the old way of educating children is well on its way out.
Unless they fix public education I’d never put my kids in public school. Other adults have no place mass teaching others kids, especially if it’s not conducive to the kids growth.
You make it sound like schools just grab random people to be teachers. The vast majority of teachers are highly trained professional educators. In addition, the vast majority teach content and not the “brainwashing” that supposedly exists. I say this as a teacher of 29 years with a masters degree in education from a real university. I teach science and scientific thinking within the context of the courses I teach.
Speak up! Contact your state's Department of Education. Contact your school district. Make your concerns known about the curriculum that is being taught. Because we as teachers and assistants don't like what we are being told to teach, but the higher-ups don't listen to us.
@@jameswright-tk5iz she's really not making it seem like that at all, she's making a point that there is a serious issue with the public education system and how it operates, and it needs to be dismantled. She's not wrong and many ways-" Mass teaching", which I assume by that she's referring to the fact that schools, or at least public schools, operate off of essentially crowd control and mass production in America. It's almost like a factory, production is priority, pushing as many okay outcomes using the standardized curriculum as possible is priority. However, when you do this, you simply cannot also provide an adequate individualized developmentally appropriate education to each child. It's just not possible. This is why many teachers are even turning to homeschooling their own children. It's not that teachers aren't skilled at teaching in the public school system- it's that the public school system itself is broken, and so no matter how well trained, the teachers are at teaching in it, It will not fix the problem that makes up its very foundation. I am getting my Bas in special ed, my aunt just retired early after teaching for 30 years, and we have multiple homeschool friends who are teachers homeschooling their children, or at least were, several of them retired specifically to homeschool their children, and none of them use a state standard curriculum, majority mix some form of unschooling with multiple curriculums, and do child lead learning to some extent. A lot of what is learned becoming a teacher is actually HOW to do crowd control. How to manage a classroom full of students. And while not every parent has any business homeschooling, and I'm sure many parents will tell you that themselves whether from not having the passion or just not having the talent and drive- the parents who do have that, are nearly always if not every single time, the best teacher for their child that I could imagine. Now the core issue at the end of the day is that not everybody can or wants the homeschool, And that is understandable. It is not easily accessible to everyone, nor is homeschooling well, and important factor here, accessible to everyone. It takes resources, It takes time, It takes studying. It takes preparation, It is a massive dedication if done well, especially if you have multiple children, and especially if you have disabled children. So the issue would be, how can we provide a better education to Children in the public education system- how can we rebuild the public education system to provide as adequate of a developmentally appropriate, individualized education as possible to these children? And while I don't have THE answer, I think there are some very clear answers out there, and we're seeing them do their magic in real life application. Montessori schools for example, produce amazing outcomes And it's not just on Rich private school kids. Montessori was initially created by being tested on and used on disabled children at the facility that Maria-On at Missouri worked in, and the outcomes were so amazing that it was picked up immediately. And in the modern day there have been several test runs of enacting by Missouri in public schools, specifically underprivileged public elementary schools that we're a part of districts producing the lowest academic and literacy ratings in the State and among the lowest in the country. In lowcountry of South Carolina, one such school did this test run, and the results were immediate and drastic. Within only one year of an acting this change, students who the previous year were producing poorer scores than any other school in the state, we're now outperforming the schools around them and higher income neighborhoods. Now sadly despite seeing the drastic improvement, nothing else was done. Now you would think after seeing such a clear answer in front of you, that you would enact this in all schools. That sadly, nothing changed anywhere else. Now the reason I bring up Montessori specifically is because Montessori is a way that you can have larger numbers of children in a class with one or two teachers, and aid the students in learning and receiving a developmentally appropriate individualized education, producing far superior outcomes academically, as well as socially and behaviorally. These children are often more independent, more well-behaved, and frankly more respectful of themselves and those around them as well as their environment, as that is a part of the Montessori curriculum in itself and the impact of the environment and the approach. Now I don't think Montessori alone is the only answer, I think there could be multiple answers to pull from. We have experience with one of the few reggio Amelia of North America certified schools in the country that go up to the 5th grade. And these students perform outstandingly, and not only that, but they are accommodated very well if they have special needs. Children with different disabilities are able to achieve academic milestones in the setting that were previously deemed to advance for them to achieve in a public school setting. Now one thing that both of these schools haven't comment usually, Is WAY more freedom of movement, many Montessori and most reggio schools start their day with free time outside to play and beautiful nature-based settings and natural playgrounds oftentimes, reggio Emilio with loose parts. Often this play lasts up to an hour or longer, some are much shorter however, closer to 30 minutes. If you follow the blocks of these routines throughout the day at these types of schools, you will usually see a trend in that while they do differ greatly in many ways, they both offer a lot of freedom as well in the academic learning process, how it's done, and in freedom of movement and freedom within limits. Both settings typically have another hour-long or more break to play outdoors in these settings, and both will often also partake in outdoor learning, though this will differ the school particularly by Mount Missouri school, as this is a very standard practice with reggio Emilia. In a reggio Amelia school, I remember seeing where they were all reading a chapter book, and they were all at different stages of progressing with reading, there was a disabled student with communication disabilities in the class as well, students who could read independently were reading independently, students who struggled were allowed to team up together if they wanted to and help each other, read words and figure out the tricky ones, and those who struggled to read but wanted to read independently were allowed to use the aid of listening while following along with headphones, or requesting help from one of the teachers. And I saw that after some of the students got done reading, they automatically got up and started getting together in a space across the room from the people still reading, they got out what looks like toys, and they began to build. But it's time passed. You could see that it wasn't just play, they were actually playing and acting out the parts of the book they had just read, on their own, without being given the idea or assignment by a teacher. This is the type of learning I'm talking about. It builds interest, it builds Independence, it builds on the strengths and individual developmental readiness at the individual, and this also allows for students to help other students, to work together, as well as students to independently know that they have the freedom to get up and explore materials to help themselves better understand what they're learning- this also frees up time for the teacher to help those who need the teachers guidance and dependently. The teacher is not stretched so thin to the extent were too many children are struggling needing that Independent time and not able to get enough of it. The students also always put everything back where it goes, there are very specific places for everything, And everything has its place in both settings, and again in both settings, they are taught a very strong sense of freedom within limit. I.e, I viewed you as capable and responsible enough to have this freedom, but for me to continue to view you as capable and responsible enough to have this freedom, you have to continue showing that you are capable and responsible enough to have it by putting back what you displace exactly how you found it so we can continue to do this everyday. You have freedoms, but with freedoms comes responsibilities. And often that trust and freedom and Independence is enough to incentivize children to follow the roles, to clean up after themselves, and to even take up classroom chores and help out in different ways. I'm sure there's a number of other ways and methods that could be helpful to implement into a public school system to make it function better and produce better outcomes- but the ultimate point is the ad of all the things we have seen producing Superior outcomes, out of the bits of research that have been done showing that things such as outdoor learning, especially for the lower grade levels, but for all grade levels produce better outcomes, we are seeing no actual attempts to implement that on a mass scale in the American public school system. It's not about you as a teacher. It's not about the teachers. It's about the system itself, and no amount of good teaching can fix that. Trust me, teachers have tried. You may be able to do things to make it a bit better, a bit less harmful and damaging to the students who don't thrive in this environment, which is many- but you simply cannot FIX a system that is set up to be the opposite of what most children need through being a good teacher
My daughters last day in the only semester she’s ever been in a public school is next Friday. She’s thrilled, as am I ❤ I think homeschooling is phenomenal. My daughter tested at a 3rd grade phonics level at the start of 1st grade. 1 semester was all I was willing to give public school. Anything can be abused, but dedicated parents work wonders. I would applaud this family, I think what they’re doing is beautiful 😊 👏🏼
I hope more people develop this kind of courage to break the mold for education. These kids are going to be capable and creative, people who know how to create value and enjoy life.
I started homeschooling my kids last year. The school started asking my kids about Trans situations... My son was the Only kid in his high school class that could even write in CURSIVE. They label kids "ADHD" because they cant and dont do well in a sitting environment all day. I applied the things I learned growing up in the country and NOBODY in these schools are truly interested IN teaching they are basically ALL activists these days!
We are Unschoolers, have been for almost a decade. It’s the best approach for our kids. Learning is joyful and they focus on what’s important. My youngest taught himself to read using Spotify lyrics, my eldest is coding and working with computers. They know how to socialize with all ages, and they’ve learned so much about leadership.
TV always goes for the extreme and that’s true with this family. Our family homeschools with my oldest graduating this year. They do all the standard subjects but we can tailor their learning to their interests and they have more time to follow their passions and learn real life skills.
I would have agreed with the comments she got on social media 10 years ago. Today, I agree with this couple. School didn't prepare me for work or the world. It was a waste of time for a piece of paper that claims I achieved something. So why do I feel like that 18 years was pointless? It was survival of the fittest and getting bullied every day. It was rote memorization and repetition of busy work. I can't remember anything I did. I already had a high reading level at a young age. I believe this non-traditional method will teach them actual skills they can use in their lives in the future...and anything you want to learn today is in a book or on TH-cam. You don't need school for that.
We homeschool our two boys and while I can agree that kids should not be bound to a classroom for most of the day I think it's a bit foolish to believe your child doesn't need any instruction/seatwork at all. We live in a society where we need to know how to write, read, do math, etc. And homeschool seatwork really only takes 1-3 hours, depending on the age of the child. The rest of the day, you fill with "unschooling principles." We are the parents, the teachers. Children are minors and NEED instruction. I run a homeschool group and have come across parents who literally don't do a thing for their kids. I have been told: "If he wants an education, he needs to be the one to take initiative and find the curriculum and do the work himself each day." This boy is 11. This is absolutely neglectful and makes the whole homeschool community look awful. I think there are many hands-on unschoolers, and I believe these parents on the show are among them but there are many that take this concept too far and not seriously enough. Please, anyone considering doing this, think twice. You can still teach all of these skills, in fact you should! And the beauty of homeschooling is you can go the pace your child needs with seatwork. But your child's education should not be put to the sidelines. *I don't believe this family is putting their children's education on the sidelines and I absolutely agree that public school is not the correct path forward. But people do take the term unschooling the wrong way and don't make any effort at all in their childrens education, these are the people I write this comment about. I have seen it, I have met adults who had parents that did this and all of them say it made their life so much harder, playing catch-up.
I homeschool, not unschooling exactly, which I am very supportive of, but we definitely focus on more life needs and sprinkle in academics with the younger children (TK & K). For my eldest (14) he’s a junior in college majoring comp sci. We always say he ditched high school to go to college. In his case he was so smart that public school was like putting a regular kid in SpEd. But.. good for the family though. My kids rarely sit around as well. There’s no way my younger kids would do it. As far as socialization. Traditional school is like a training camp for a 9-5. Forced socialization with the same exact kids isn’t really that important.
@@curt248some states let highschoolers do "duel enrolled" at community colleges so they get free classes in HS. Some homeschoolers just do community college instead of HS work
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We have been homeschooling, unschooling and worldschooling. The last few years they focus has been on worldschooling ( traveling and learning). We organize group trips with families that want to worldschool and travel the world together. The amount of education and life skills that the kids acquire through this type of schooling is by far superior to whatever they would ever learn in a classroom setting. I’m so glad this is becoming more mainstream
The young guy said his sister's reading comprehension is better than average but then said he doesn't know or follow the metrics - priceless! The life skills the first family promotes are basic skills that should be taught outside of traditional education. I'd be curious to see how their children fare as they get older.
I was thinking the same thing. My kid goes to school and does the same activities. I don’t understand how these unschooling parents don’t get that a lot of kids do both. I don’t get how unschooling isn’t considered educational neglect. Homeschooling is one thing, but unschooling? It’s neglect. This isn’t setting your kids up for options. Especially if you have a kid with a learning disability, which these parents wouldn’t be able to detect or know how to support. Such a huge disservice to those poor kids.
@@Wintersnowblossom often times, homeschool parents do pick up because they are more hands-on, teaching their child and will recognize their particular struggles and do their own research
Yeah, this is NOT homeschooling, people in the comments are being confused. This is child-led “do whatever you want”. The mom actually said if the kid wasn’t interested in math and it was hard, then don’t make them do it?! What the heck?! Maybe if the kids want to be skilled entrepreneurs who have to hire an accountant or bookkeeper who can do the work they never wanted to learn, fine. But this is not the alternative to public school. Homeschooling is waaaay different than this child-centered and child-led life. What a mess. Don’t want to learn about the civil war? Fine! Let’s learn about this plant outside. No one ever needed to know their own countries history. 👎🏻
Unschooling often results in children enjoying any learning. So they thrive. Whereas in school children are forced to learn that which they are either not ready for, or already learned or are perhaps in a consolidation period in that area. So the lesson for such a schooled child is that learning is boring and to be avoided. Unschoolers get to be creative ALL day and make mistakes and learn from it. This is where good problem solvers are made. But they are still parented. They still do chores and learn discipline from that. It is just more real and applied to a real world.
Public school is failing. What we do about it is open for discussion. It might not be my exact plan, but I think this family has their children's best interest at heart.
Microschools will be popping up quite regularly within the next 5 years. This, along with homeschooling, will be a welcome change to crash this beyond-repair public school system.
Happily Homeschooling in California where we have Instructional Funds of $3,700 per year per student available for books, materials, laptop, monitor, online & in-person vendor classes, etc., etc., When you enroll your child in an Independent Studies program with a Public Charter school that works alongside Homeschooling families. We are partnered with Sky Mountain Charter Public School with an assigned Educational Specialist that assists us with creating and designing an individualized curriculum for our child’s specifics needs and at his own pace and NOT the one-size-fits all education that is implemented in every traditional government public school system that is epically failing. Homeschooling has changed our lives for the best and our child finally enjoys learning.
Sometimes I think it is hard for people who haven't experienced homeschooling or unschooling to wrap their mind around what it actually looks like. We have homeschooled our children for 13 years and I can honestly say I didn't even fully realize what it was until I was in it. It has been an amazing blessing and privilege. There are SO many more benefits than what I first saw. Now that we are a seasoned homeschooling family we can see more "fruit" in our children's lives. They do stand out in society but in so many great ways. They know how to engage in social conversations with people of all ages and enjoy doing so. They know who they are and they have a strong root system against peer pressure. They LOVE learning and have never lost that.
I want to make something completely and abundantly clear here. Traditional homeschooling ROCKS! Unschooling is absolutely neglect. I am a special needs tutor who works with the homeschool population in Florida which is very large. There is a massive difference between the traditional homeschooling population and these unschooling parents. I have met 5th graders unable to write their name. I have met 5th graders unable to tell me that 2 + 2 was four. These children are not taught a single solitary thing because it might hurt their psyche. They are allowed to pick what they want to learn and there can be massive gaps in their development. It's honestly one of the most alarming things I have ever seen. Now, let me clarify for everyone on here and tell you that I have also worked with traditional homeschooling families!!!! These families are absolutely amazing and their children are very well-rounded and very well educated!!!! They usually go on to do great things. Please do not fall into the trap of unschooling. Homeschool rocks! Unschooling is treading a very dangerous line. Homeschooling and unschooling are not the same thing and it needs to be clarified. Homeschooling families use curriculums that they select. They have benchmarks. They have goals. They have organization and folders. They have diverse experiences as well, but they also have traditional educational settings that allow for children to make sure the development is whole. Unschooling doesn't do any of that. All they do is throw their children out into the world and say "Be whatever you want to be and learn whatever you want to learn." Which, in theory sounds great except for the fact that underage people are not legally allowed to make most decisions for themselves yet for the obvious reasons. Why on Earth would you allow them to make all the choices and regards to their own education??? It is an absolute recipe for disaster and frankly I feel like it should be illegal. I'm not saying homeschool should be illegal. I love traditional homeschool. I am saying this newer trend where parents just want to be cool at the expense of their child should be illegal.
Homeschooling mom of 4. I agree with this homeschooling is not the same as unschooling. I'm even in agreement with parents who educate at their child's personal pace or interests..but I too know smart children who cannot read proficiently and the vast majority of times it's from parents who wisely do not want their child in public school.. but also do not have the emotional capacity to properly homeschool..so they say there "unschooling". There's so much flexible in homeschooling. Parents can still do every thing theses parents mentioned with all the hands on learning.. but still get in the reading writting and arithmetic
Agree! Watching this i cringed. We homeschool our kids, but unschooling seems like neglecting actual learning. I want to tell these people it’s possible to BOTH allow your kids to learn in nature and “civil war” dates.
@@christinag3142 I feel like now more than ever traditional homeschooling families need to be speaking up on what they do. They need to be showing the curriculum they use. The written samples of grammar, reading, writing, and of course math. They need to see the history lessons. They need to see the data tracking. They need to see the fun parts! The trips to the library. The painting, coloring, drawing, all of it. They need to not defend these parents because I have noted the homeschooling population is very sensitive and they run and defend people just because it is a type of homeschooling versus truly looking at what they are defending. They need to call these parents out.
We went from public to a charter school based on Core Knowledge (NOT Common Core), which has a book series available describing what a child at each grade should know. By high school, we eventually went private and schooled at home. No regrets! I do believe kids should learn each subject so that when they are adults, they have the "toolkit of foundational skills" to start them in whatever career they wish to pursue.
I’m a director in a school district. I hate everything about what is promoted in public education. Do I promote it, nope. I do the opposite and I see the fruit. Too many are afraid to change it. I’m glad they are taking control over what education was supposed to be.
Homeschooling mom here. All families who homeschool do it their way. I appreciate this family for what works for their children. For me public school was appalling for a child with ADHD and ASD ( extremely high on the spectrum) my child is now in high school courses TWO years early on the path to early college. And the biggest misconception is our children aren’t social lol.
If I could homeschool my kids I would. Both of these parents are educated, the mom as a teacher. She knows what foundations they need but is applying it to real life, they are little still.
I cannot say just how much I agree with these folks! I’m a certified and active Master level teacher who is NO Longer working inside a public school. I do tutor after school. Kids aren’t learning. A huge majority of the teachers are on antidepressants. Kids need real life skills in addition a break away from useless hours sitting in a classroom not growing to their full potential.
As a homeschooling parent and former PS educator I don't believe in all or nothing approaches to education. Children need schooling and unschooling. You can do short formal or informal lessons in the mornings and then have them explore or unschool the rest of the time. Or 2 days on and 2 days off. It's the responsibility of a homeschooling parent to prepare their child for real life no matter what path they take.
I also homeschooled my children and currently teach at the middle level in the public schools. I agree with you 100% about the 'all or nothing' approach. When my girls were ready to go to school [at different times and ages], they were able to acclimate because they had structured learning time for part of the day. You never know what the future will bring for YOU as the primary educator [illness, financial crisis, etc.]. That being said, I also agree that public school is not structured for boys, especially. They need A LOT of breaks with physical activity.
11:36. 42 here. Haven’t used a protractor since school. Life doesn’t require one. Like they said, if the kid becomes interested in math then theyll do math things. Not everyone needs to know everything.
We really need to stop judging one another all the time. I am an educator that has worked in a number of educational settings including public, private, homeschool coops, and tutoring centers. When we decide that any one way is THE BEST way, it leads to close-minded thinking and being judgmental of parents who aren’t doing it your way. It’s very unattractive, narcissistic, and sad.
Sure hope you are that one educator, that does not allow bullying in any shape, way or form. For I've been through middle and high school being severely bullied and I almost took my life. Took me years of grieving to get over the complex trauma done to me in the school system. It messed up my life! You feel people should stop judging. But your last sentence truly makes me gag. You seem Very Judgemental yourself.
@ Sorry to hear about the trauma you went through, and I truly hope you have experienced healing. I believe parents should each make the best, educated decisions for their own children, knowing each situation is unique and each child’s needs are different. I’ve witnessed a lot of parents making judgments towards each other, and it fosters a lot of divisiveness and “us vs. them” mentality. I, personally, would like to see less of that.
Kudos to these smart and brave people. These children will have important life skills they will use every day of their lives. They will be healthier and more resilient. ❤❤❤
I went to public and my 2 kids went to private. We ended adopting and now I am homeschooling, I wish I would have homeschooled my other kids❤no social issues either child❤it has come such a long way, so many options. I do recommend it.
Wow this woman is so right I hated school back in the 60s and the 70s it was so boring to me but when I was in the shop I was so happy and I carried that on through my lifetime and I have my own machine shop with all the tooling I need to do anything but one thing I missed out on is learning how to read or write it took me a lot of years but I still can't spell ✌️
We homeschool and spend minimal time in bookwork. We skipped preschool and only spent 15-45 minutes a few days a week for kindergarten. That time increases as their age increases because there is so much more to learn and explore. We don’t spend all day “foraging” and letting them decide what all they want to do, though. Kids are born with curiosity but not wisdom. There needs to be a balance with nurturing their curiosity and guiding them and also considering the society where they will be living. We also have them do the things they don’t want to do so they can learn responsibility and flexibility. I don’t think the public school model is best, but we should also be realistic in the society where we live.
This is fabulous! Parents should always have the right to decide their children’s education and keep government out of it! The teachers in government school watched me get verbally assaulted and did nothing. My kids will never step foot in one for so many reasons!
Imagine telling an unemployed person “no matter what you’re doing your working”. It’s like yea but not all learning and working is productive enough for others to want to trade them resources and respect for it.
Oxygen is transported to the brain by blood and sitting too long can reduce blood flow to the brain. Look up an image of the brain after sitting quietly and then walking for 20 minutes. The difference isn't pretty. Children who go to school are there for up to 35 hours per week plus hours of homework, screen time... It's easier to calculate what little time they don't spend sitting.
I've homeschooled all of my kids (15 years now and counting), and this does not sound healthy. Sorry. You can do "school," and also let them explore their interests during the rest of the day.
We homeschool our 3 children ages 9, 10, and 12. We complete traditional subjects along with electives at their pace- they learn gardening, baking, canning, American Sign Language and are in extracurricular activities like basketball, AWANA, and youth group. It works well for us. Personally, unschooling, in this way, in my opinion leaves room for too many gaps. We can target areas of interest as well: baking, engineering etc at even young ages We definitely don't support government instructed school.
The best school I taught at was a BIG Picture learning high school. Three times a week was academics and Tuesday and Thursday was internship. Actual real world jobs, volunteer experiences, paid and unpaid internships and students that didn’t have one worked on interview skills, resume skills, mock interviews, until they found an experience that they enjoyed with the help of their advisor and the career specialist that worked on campus. I loved that school.
What job have you ever applied to where they asked you, "What's your training in math?" And the thing is, if a specialized job needs you to be good in math, they give applicants a math test. Also, we have these things called computers that do math. I think these kids are going to know how to use a protractor if they need to, and anything else needed in their chosen work. If they're doing renovating and home-building they're going to have engineering skills most kids could only dream of. These children are going to be such self-motivated learners that they'll be able to do things we now consider to be only achievable by geniuses. Kids don't need to learn every subject, they need to go deep into the subjects they're interested in and good at so that they can excel while also living a meaningful and satisfying life. It's best for them AND society.
I unschooled my kids. I call it self directed education. My older two wanted to go to high school and immediately got straight A’s. They know how to learn. They are driven, passionate, creative and amazing people! One is now in college and makes the dean’s list each semester.
I went to public school, was an average A/B student. What's a protractor? Ask me a math question beyond the basics. 😅 it hasn't been relevant, so I lost it....quickly. At the very least homeschooling will have the same outcome, but maybe, just maybe, my children will have more of a passion for learning bc it was at their pace and followed their interest. We still always focus on the foundations of reading and math, but the rest follows their path. My girls are bright, strong, and natural leaders. Oh and to the socializing point 😂😂😂😂😂 people will grasp for anything they can. I actually wish my girls were less social, I can hardly keep up with the play dates and so many friends and activities. Homeschool = Life school = love. You should try it.
There is a difference between homeschooling and unschooling. I work with a woman that unschools here children and they are 10 and 12 and can barely read and have trouble spelling.
I’m all for these types of education for kids. But- as a teacher I’m really hoping these parents are also teaching their children basic skills of Spelling, Math, and Writing
I am so glad to see people talking about unschooling in a bright positive light. I am very frustrated with people who looks like they came from the public school system complaining people aren’t sending their kids to let the government tell them how to learn. Kids have amazing brains that soak up knowledge like a sponge and they don’t need to be taught how to learn. If kids aren’t learning in school it is because you aren’t teaching them properly. It is not the child’s failure it is the schools failure.
Although I am a classical home educator which involves much more structure and parental leadership compared with unschooling, I do agree that the diploma/papers mean very little today. Employers value character, work ethic and the ability to learn.
Perhaps in your place. That's not how the rest of the world sees it. I'd say there is a strong overvaluation for paper diplomas. Without the diploma your resume is tossed aside in a second. Those that recruit are of the utmost stifled in their flawed opinions. The things you mention never even come to the table. There's also a strong age discrimination around the world. 'Old' at 40 and in some cultures well before that.
Alot of jobs require a college education . Any college education...any education is valuable. It's humorous to me that people imply degrees are useless
I agree 100% with these parents. You know your children better than anyone would or could. These kids will be smart, well-rounded adults. Great job mom & dad. You didn't send your kids to the government indoctrination camp also known as public schools.
I'm not against home schooling, but this couple needs to add in math and science, English, writing, reading. There are some kids who were home school don't learn some things like respect for other people views, and other cultures, social standards. Public education has some things home school doesn't teach. Home schooling isn't all the answer, half and half might be good. These parents are forgetting that no matter what job they have there are timelines and structure and someone else is in control and they can't just freestyle it.
Not at this age they don’t need to add in formal math nor English, that can be learned so quick when they’re older.. Homeschooled kids are the most respectful kids I ever met. In college we had plenty of previous homeschooled adults and they were awesome. They got to have a real experience because they didn’t party in high school, nor date, they were not into having cliques either.
Who says the want to work for someone else? THAT is the problem with how you see the world! Why not encourage owning a business and skipping making someone else rich? When you start thinking like that then you would understand.
As someone who double mastered in mathematics and physics in college I can tell you that they absolutely DO NOT need to “teach” math. All school teaches about math is how to hate it.
For thousands of years, parents were the teachers. Academia certainly is no longer the rewarding path. Awesome, mom and dad, stay the course. "Semper Fidelis"
I homeschooled for 10 years. Socialization is always brought up by people. My kids were involved in scouts, soccer, co-op group, music lessons, volunteering, youth group. From my experience most kids today are so disrespectful and rude I don’t won’t my kids around most of them. I get compliments all the time from parents about how well behaved my children are and how helpful they are at church or events with whatever task is needed.
I agree. Socialization is always brought up, like homeschoolers never go out in the real world! My son at 13 years old would carry on conversations and look people in the eye as they talked, he would greet people with a firm handshake. Because of homeschooling he was able to participate in Junior Toastmasters! They are far from isolated.
Such an encouraging comment, thank you.
We homeschool and that is exactly one of the reasons why regarding the socialization part. People always bring that up and we’re like we really don’t want our children to socialize with most of the kids in public school nowadays
In my experience the kids that go to traditional school are like zombies. You ask them a simple question and they shrug their shoulders and say “I dunno know” with such little energy that I wonder if they ate in the last two days. But then you see them talking to kids their age and they are like totally different people. It’s quite shocking. Homeschooled kids on the other hand talk to everyone, they are so good at communicating and listening to people no matter their age. They value the knowledge of their elders because they have learned these people are a source of knowledge. They are polite and they feel…alive, full of energy. I’m so sorry but I don’t buy the socializing aspect that people bring up against homeschooling.
@@BMITCH6770most kids in public school are like zombies quite frankly anyways. They only talk and seem to have energy when talking to their friends their age. Anyone outside of that and they act like half dead. Plus what do they REALLY learn at school? It’s probably more of a beauty/wealth/popularity competition than an actual place of learning
People should be applauding these parents. Much respect.
I taught at the college level and my husband at a technical school. We both loved our homeschooled students. They were respectful, smart, disciplined, & capable.
Thank you for letting others know about your experience. My youngest is in the process of getting her PhD.
Given 54% of adult Americans can't read beyond a 6th grade level, I have little hope for American families with the desire to homeschool, particularly as the public education system implodes within the next few years.
@@ronfriedman8740I never heard that statistic. Where did you get it?
This has been my kid’s experience after homeschooling until high school. Teachers love them!
@@ronfriedman8740Just look at the statistics from homeschool. That being said, there are so many resources out there so that a parent doesn’t have to do it all. My kids have taken many online courses (mostly in older grades.) They start with my favorite- an in depth literature course in 7th or 8th grade- then we do all the high school science online.
I'm homeschooling. My kids sit for about 1 to 2 hours learning the things they DON'T want to and then we spend the rest of the day learning what they DO want to. And, yes, I'm controlling my kids because they're kids and if i let them do exactly what they want all the time they would be DEAD!😂
It's true 😂
@@raedorin979I am a special needs tutor in Florida. We have a very large homeschool population. I have worked with both traditional homeschooling (what you are describing) and unschooling communities. I have met 5th grade aged children unable to read and write their names. I have seen some very horrifying gaps in knowledge. It happens a lot more than people realize and that is when the state sends me in. I have had to go back and teach 1st grade concepts to 7th grade age kids before. It is honestly horrific. My traditional homeschooling people are awesome! They use curriculums, books filled with writing and math instruction. They use crayons, glue, paint, music, songs, field trips, the whole works! I think a lot of people are confusing unschooling with traditional homeschooling and they are not remotely the same.
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Especially the boys. Half the job of mothering boys is keeping them alive.
Agree! I like the woman in the clip, but learning how to do things you don't want to do is also an important skill in life and I think that's completely missing here. I'm a bit skeptical of the entire concept of "child led" learning.
These parents articulate their mission so well and I would bet the whole farm these kids will grow up to be amazing people.
Yet they will lack the actual education they need.
…and very likely entrepreneurs!
These kids, certainly aren't going to be doctors or scientists or anything that requires any kind of advanced understanding. They'll be able to work on a migrant firm though
@ Tim, I believe the focus is on primary learning. Both parents are highly educated and the pursuit of higher education is not discounted.
Taylor and Nick, this is not new. Kids on farms learn the same thing then go to school for formal training. Their children are young, at a time parents are the most confident but under tested. Come back when your kids are in their twenties, who can’t take criticism or refuse to be trained.
I recently volunteered at the local elementary school. I was shocked at what goes on in the classroom. There is minimal teaching and even less learning going on. The kids run wild, disrespectful of teachers, teachers who couldn’t care less, loss of teacher absenteeism. The school system is not doing a good job
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Let's hope the entire system is overhauled in 2025!
Out of control children with teachers not teaching but babysitting. SMH
Some teachers do try their best.
These parents are not only doing amazing for their kids but they are killing this interview!
Anyone pushing public schools especially middle school has no idea what goes on there. In Florida it's awful...fights, bullying, lunch is awful, teachers are not happy to many behavior issues in classrooms. If families can home school, good on them!
@lindaanderson4990 I wholeheartedly agree! I am definitely homeschooling my son.
Dr Phil “I can’t use a protractor.” 😂😂😂😂
I have a friend who was unschooled. She became a lawyer.
Bet she had to get some schooling though. They don’t hand out law degrees to whoever wants one.
In California, you take a bar exam and you are a lawyer. You don’t have to go to school anywhere.
Sure, but climbing trees and helping dad build houses isn’t going to help you pass a bar exam. The mom said it’s better that they learn about plants than American history. So at some point in order to pass a bar exam, you have to learn to write and use a dictionary and memorize the laws…all of which come from serious studying at a desk. Not catching frogs in a pond.
I went to public school.
I hold a masters degree, don’t ask me how to use a protractor. Haven’t used it since my high school years.
It’ll come back to you real quick when you have kids. You pick it up at the grocery store for your 8th grader and you’re like “oh yeah, degrees and angles” haha
I left public school as a middle school English teacher with young kids. I saw what was in store for my children, and we all left together. We spent the next 12 years without my salary and covered every expense ourselves while living on a tight budget. We homeschooled using a classical curriculum. Our kids grew up to be fantastic adults. They found college to be fairly easy and graduated with highest honors. They are married, working hard, faithful, and care about their respective communities. They have strong family bonds with us and their extended family, an additional blessing often overlooked. They will most likely educate their own children one day. The only thing I regret is not having more children.
Wow thank you for sharing. I've got 4 all under 8 and maybe if God wills we'll keep going!
But you’re a qualified teacher. I think people who are qualified can be great at teaching their kids, but I’m worried about parents who do not have the knowledge to give their kids an advantage. Honestly, with all the school sh**t**gs I get it.
@@RGisselleWe homeschool and my kids are excelling compared to school. You only need to be a step ahead.
@@RGissellehomeschool parents are generally very motivated to learn how to homeschool. My degree was in elementary education and that didn’t really prepare me. My personal study on homeschooling did much more for me as a homeschool teacher than my BS in Education.
Who is going to care for your kid and their success more - their teachers or you? I've heard it said - you don't need to be an expert in a field but you are the expert on your child! That's what qualifies you to teach your own children!
I’m actually in agreement here with the parents. I used to be a teacher as well and the public school system is very broken. If nothing else, home school your kids.
I was homeschooled virtually all the way through 12th grade. My mom kept things significantly more structured than the couple in this video, but there were still gaps. We didn't do a ton of science and that was definitely a weak area for me. Regardless, I was offered scholarships for college and when I took science courses I did well because I knew how to learn from my homeschooling years. I cared about learning from my homeschooling years. Most importantly, I think, I had a beautiful relationship with my parents and siblings. From that foundation, I was far better equipped to succeed than my peers. My college chemistry class was taught by the head of the department, a notorious tough cookie, who afterward offered to write me a letter of recommendation.
Though a little more structure at home wouldn't hurt these kids, I think their parents are giving them the best gifts-close family relationships, time in nature, and freedom from media or other addictions. If there are academic things they need to learn for something they want to do in the future, they will be well-equipped to tackle those when the time comes.
Thank you for sharing. These are some reasons we chose homeschooling and it’s beautiful to hear. So far it’s working out for my kids as well. By God’s grace. 3 in college, many scholarships and 2 coming behind.
And, we all know there will be gaps in any form of education.
100%
I'm so happy that this is getting attention and being talked about. I homeschool and we do a mix of this. We go by the workbooks but also do mostly hands on learning. My children are genuinely happier and mentally healthier than others in the family that go to public school.
Take a walk through your local middle school during passing time and then reflect on what social skills you saw during that time that you would want your kids to emulate. The argument that you have to send your kids to a public school for socialization is a very weak argument.
My son stayed in the Public Middle school for only 2 months, I cant homeschool is too muh for me, I sent him to a Catholic school with less than 300 kids. Is awesome.
Thank you so much for doing an episode about unschooling! I am a former public school teacher with a Master's Degree in Education and over a decade of experience in the classroom. I left teaching in 2021, published my best-selling book Tales of a Toxic Teacher, and started making content on TikTok about unschooling. We have been unschooling for 6 years, and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that unschooling is the future of education and the ideal way to educate children.
Wooohooo! I have a small outdoor MICRO-SCHOOL in Wichita Kansas and have taught for 40 years!❤
It’s how education began. When compulsory school was introduced everything went downhill. We live and learn together. It’s the best thing ever!
Problem is that our current society is not set up for unschooling. Parents are working in the concrete jungle and then it’s sports, etc, after school and on weekends. So as society has become industrialized, education has also become industrialized. Unschooling is amazing as is homeschooling but it’s meant to be done within a family unit or at least a very small child to adult ratio. Unschooling in traditional classrooms wouldn’t work.
Thank you for awakening others
@@georgetran2705 my pleasure!
These parents are awesome - I homeschool and mine are graduating this year - public school is set up like a prison and not the best scenario for children. I commend these parents and I am happy for the children.
I applaud this family! We're also unschoolers (for 10 years). My children have never been a part of the school system. My oldest is an entrepreneur (he owns vending machines); & he's spoken to the students at the local Trade school (when he was only 9). All 4 of my kids own a very successful lemonade stand & they sell their artwork. We travel quite a bit; & we include them in most of everything we do. They've renovated homes with us, sat in meetings with attorneys, bankers & cpas. They’ve copiloted our airplane, captained our boat & so much more. They have most of the day to explore their individual interests; & we only spend a couple hours doing written work or having discussions. We also play board games that both teach & enhance spelling, reading & math skills. We hang out with the homeless; as well as visited with our neighbors at the nursing home. It's a great life! God bless you unschooling families!! It's a great work that we're doing!
Sounds like you guys are doing it!! Props!!
I absolutely agree that hands on is better and unschooling is better. Children needs to be outside more than being inside 🙏
I like to add that the school system wasn’t even set up but a few hundred years ago and now people treat it as if it were the gospel and only way to success. Homeschooling is looked at as foreign, though it wasn’t that long ago most people were teaching their kids from home. So easily do we forget where we came from and how indoctrinated we are by these systems that get set in place……I’m proud of these parents!!! These kids will be just fine and congrats!!! I know because by the grace of God mine were homeschooled and they are doing wonderful!! ❤
You are so right and hey even a few our U.S. presidents were homeschooled also !
I have a son that has been interested in foreign languages since he was a toddler. I sent him to a dual language school from k-4th grade but he wanted to learn more languages so I told him he would have to homeschool because public school takes up so much of his day. He has been homeschooling for a year now and can read an speak a third language he also plays piano does archery and is becoming quite the artist. Just because he has so much more time in his day. He still does school work but it is far less time consuming than an 8 hour day plus 30 min bus ride to and from school. I have two younger children who are not in school yet and I plan on homeschooling them too now. I think 2020 was a big eye opener for alot of people on how school can be different
what curriculum do you use to teach foreign language ? There's too many out there!
@lmcr9903 we have used both rosetta stone and duolingo. He says doulingo is more fun so we are sticking with that one until he is older. Maybe in highschool try another one.
That’s incredible. I’m sure you’re very proud!
Bravo for recognizing his ability and following through!!
The final chapter has not been written yet, but my guess is those kids are & will be well adjusted
Read the book by John Holt, 1967, which is a classic and a brilliant account of their family's Adventure in "How Children Learn." (p.s. their sons all went on to graduating from ivy league universities.)
I agree
100% correct! Parents are doing a great job with their children.
I am curious too, how all these children going through this phase turn out. Compared to "mainstream "
I know an unschool family. Their kids are all very driven. That’s what they get from this and they are capable of whatever they put their mind too. They may be more advanced and less advanced in certain areas but their determination makes up for it. Unschooling is NOT homeschooling for the record. They don’t have a set curriculum. They learn from their environment and parents will set up teachable moments as they come whether that brings about opportunity to learn about reading or math, etc
Homeschool Mama here 🙋♀️ I applaud this family for breaking the mould. Kids weren’t made to sit in a desk for 8 hours a day. No wonder we have so many who struggle with attention issues.
My child is on the autism spectrum and mostly nonverbal. She is almost 9 and is doing 3rd grade math here at home. Our public schools system wanted to stick her in the equivalent of a babysitting program, where I know they wouldn’t have the time or even know how to engage with her to know just how much she CAN do. At home, I’m able to work with her one on one. And because I know my child better than anyone, I know how to engage and get at her level. She’s a genius. She still attends speech, occupational, and physical therapy on a weekly basis. She also attends Sunday School with other children her age and church faithfully. Not to mention, has a close relationship with all of her grandparents/great grandparents. She is around other people all the time! I always say God gave her to my husband and I to raise and nurture. She doesn’t belong to the public school system (aka the government).
32 years teaching sports and my two kids are grown now. We did homeschooling until 6th grade. Looking back I would never allow my kids to attend public school again.
Good for them. I had a great public school experience but I'm rooting for this family. This is my first year to fully homeschool my own children and it's been amazing! We do have a curriculum but I love the freedom my kids have to just be kids and to learn in a more hands on way. Proud of this Mom for handling herself so well!
@@manoahcarter5537 If you have a curriculum that you faithfully use it is not unschooling but actually traditional homeschooling! I am so happy it is working well for you!
I started a few years ago. My only regret is wishing I started sooner.
These boys are so happy and balanced and well adjusted! Fantastic job parents!
My son was in Montessori from preK through 5th grade. They got to play, build forts, take care of animals, garden, and decide what they wanted to work on. It was beautiful
I applaud these parents. My kids are autistic and are not motivated for school but love learning things they are interested in. I plan to pull them from the public school system after elementary school.
@@nyecore Hey there, I am a big sister to three little sisters on the spectrum. I am 9 years older than my nonverbal twin sisters. I am 8 years older than my level 2 sister. I was a big sister who very much raised them in a mother like capacity. As an adult, I went on to become a special needs teacher and then became a special needs tutor who works with the homeschooling population in the State of Florida. Children with autism are extraordinarily capable. They are very much still able to learn things beyond just what they "Want to learn." If I had taken that approach with my sisters, they would not be where they are at today. For example, my little sister who is level 2 was terrified of hair dryers inside of public restrooms. Did I accept that? Absolutely not. I took a hair dryer on a low setting so it would not be hot and to begin with I let her explore it. The next day I turned it on for 2 seconds. Each day I increased the amount of time the hair dryer was running. At the end of 2 weeks she had her hands underneath the hair dryer and she loved it!!! I took her into the public bathroom the next day and turned on the hair hand dryer and she was completely fine! No more accidents because she wanted to avoid public restrooms. Now, I often do integrate topics of interest or their obsessive qualities within their work. For example, my sister who was nonverbal absolutely loves horses. So, I would make reading all about horses. Guess what my sister is now able to do??? She may be nonverbal but she can read and I was able to teach her how to use a communicative device!!!!!!
Unschooling is great in theory except for the fact it leaves explicit gaps in knowledge. The autistic population is so able!!!!! They just need an extra hand along the way.
I would highly encourage it, I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD as a child, and since I have gotten off of medications and challenged my mind more, I have found that my DIAGNONSENSE was purely a control tactic by doctors for a child that simply needed a father, structure and discipline etc.
Thank you for sharing. I’m a teacher, but I am open to other perspectives.
My daughter is autistic. I didnt even consider sending her to school
@mcraft1181 Why not!????!!!! My sister who was diagnosed with what would now be considered a level 3 back in the late '90s early 2000s it was considered canners. She went on to become completely verbal. Went on to University graduated top of her class.... Why on Earth would you take that away from people who are renowned for being more intelligent than both you and I could possibly comprehend???!!!!!!
She attended school and absolutely thrived in it. Absolutely thrived to the point where people were lining up to pay for her college education.
I’m an “Unschooler” with my husband. We have 5 children 17-4 and we’ve been unschooling for the past 9 years. Best decision we’ve made for our family!
As the former educator, I really feel that this couple is absolutely correct! In the end, I was more afraid of my administration than being concerned about children's education. There were guidelines that I had to follow. There were standardized tests that I had to teach to. And now that you mentioned it, I had the same experience with math. It was a lot of focus on what I wasn't good at not what I was good at. I too had self-esteem issues from these experiences.
Sounds like teaching just wasn't for you.
I wish Dr Phil also interviewed parents with more experience unschooling, whose kids are teens.
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Or interviews the teens. My neice and nephew were unschooled by my sister (their mother) and they are nearly illiterate despite her having a teaching degree.
Agree so much… it’s all fun and games when they are 6 and under lol
The podcast Living Joyfully with Unschooling has a playlist of interviews with adults who were raised Unschooling. Very eye opening, highly recommend.
My husband and I could have been this couple on stage 20+ years ago. Same intention but speaking now from lived experience after homeschooling 5 children there’s a dark side to this. When children are small, they love the active learning and freedom that comes with homeschool but when the late teen years come and more exposure to the world arrives-a resentment can build. We now have an estranged child with the base reason that we “neglected” her by homeschooling her. We have had to repair relationships with 3 of our adult children due to years of strife over the fact that we homeschooled. After all that our family has endured, we chose to enroll our youngest in a private school for her 4 years of high school. We believe this decision has made a major difference in our relationship with this child. Each parent has to choose what is best for their family and I stand in no judgment but I do believe more older parents need to share their experience of choosing an alternative education path and the realities that can come with a somewhat romantic endeavor of real education so that the younger generation can make a more informed decision. Thanks Dr Phil for providing a platform that shares views from all angles.
Can I ask what homeschool life looked like for your family? I have homeschooled for 6 years, they've never attended public. This is a fear of mine.
@@jozette9281 As a person who was seriously bullied in middle and high school, up to the point of me wanting to take my own life and many years of struggle to overcome the complex trauma, I do hope you won't force it upon your children, based upon one family's not-standard outcome here. Wonder what else is different in this family. Most homeschooled children have a deeper bond with their families instead of a lesser bond, let alone being estranged. Seems there must have been another overlooked variable here.
There are probably many more people who have estranged relationships with their children who they sent to public school, and the kids were influenced and indoctrinated by the liberal progressive woke mind virus. You just never know how things will play out either way. You just have to do what you believe to be best for your kids. Also, no matter how great of a parent you try to be, your kids will still probably find reasons to be mad at you. There is a saying that goes, "First you glorify your parents. Then, you villainize your parents, and then, you humanize your parents." Most people will go through this cycle one way or another.
Resentment comes when children feel like they are missing out. It is very important we make home life intellectually and emotionally more beneficial.
We have unschooled for the last 6.5 years. Our oldest taught himself to read at age 8.5 and went from early readers to 300 page WWII history books in 9 months. If he would have been in school, he would have been labeled as 'behind' and would have had remedial reading. History is his passion and he is self motivated to learn about that at age 10, while his public school peers won't learn about WWII for another five to six years. He asked me to find him a Pearl Harbor documentary to watch on Dec 7th.
So for us, unschooling is supporting our children's interests and providing them the resources to learn what interests them.
We just watched "Midway" with Dennis Quaid. It was great! Not a documentary, but enjoyed it very much. We have homeschooled for nearly 20 years and I wouldn't change a thing. We've done periods of very relaxed schooling. But never full unschooling. I fully applaud this couple.
I saw this with good friends who unschooled, and thier kids all excelled. However...as a homeschooling parent (kids are grown) I would say that homeschooling is not good for every child or every family. Unschooling should include letting the child choose to go to school if they want, within reason according to that child's need. Unschooling can be cultist. Public education can be cultist. It is important for parents to cue in to their kids.
Learning to read at 8.5 is very late, isn’t it?
I’m new to this.
That's not all children though. I homeschool, but if I waited until my daughter decided to "teach herself to read", she wouldn't be reading because I discovered that she needs extra help in that area and has dyslexia.
@@ItsJustAConversationNot really. I've been Unschooling my 4 kids for 10 years; & I've found that they typically pick up reading on their own & excel, around the age of 8. I started with my oldest when he was 3; & he picked it up. My second oldest just wasn't interested. So I allowed him to pick it up at his own pace; & he's an excellent reader.
How lucky you are to have the resources and time to be able to stay home with your children and provide this opportunity. Let’s not forget that most people are not in that situation. And let’s not forget that there are many many inspired teachers who are doing the best they can for public school students.
So true. I thank God all the time that I am able to homeschool my children, and I can attest that it can get pricey with buying the materials and buying food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Buying activities that are not computerized for them to do. Taking the children places, which uses gas. All these things can get pricey depending on the amount of children you have.
We make it work with what we have. Mostly free. Our own creativity. Goals met all around. We just make it work because this is what we want and believe is the best fit and do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Homeschoolers sacrifice a lot to do what they think is the best for their kids.
Everybody prioritizes didn't things. Some parents refuse to work alternative shifts or even school when they still have to work. If you care about it then you will figure it out. So tired of people turning everything into a 'woah is me'or 'lets be enlightened and throw what abouts around' moment.
It's not about luck at all. It's about prioritizing what's more important to you. It's about sacrificing the biggest or prettiest house, the most up to date phone, a new car, extravagant or regular vacations, or the new gaming system. It's about knowing what is best for our children because we are their parents. We're all free to choose, and has nothing to do with luck.
I took my son out of school when he got in trouble bc he didn't want to stop reading - he was 5. Now he is ten and reads completely on his own volition for around 4-7 hrs a day. We do math and Writing skills for his grade and he spends the rest of the day reading, playing chess, and basketball. Or Whatever. We love it!!!
Yay! Thank you for highlighting unschooling. I was unschooled and my kids were unschooled. We’ve never regretted it. It’s all about learning through hands on experiences rather than through rote memorization & worksheets. They’re free to follow their interests, which leads to deeper learning. I tell people it’s flipped learning. Rather than working on learning skills for an activity they may never pursue, they do an activity that does interest them that requires skills and they acquire them as they go. It’s not for everyone, but my family has enjoyed having the freedom to pursue learning in a way that worked best for each of our kids as individuals. It will look different for every family & each child.
This mentality is training kids to be entrepreneurs and problem solvers, not unexperienced people with a degree trying to apply for a job that needs that experience and ended up working in something else because they are not capable to undertake something on their own
Exactly! So many people equate success with “getting a job”. I blame schooling for this. :)
The public school system is so broken. I see a teacher right here on TH-cam in chat all day as she’s “teaching “ Teachers need to lose their cell phones and social media during work hours.
And so do the kids!
@@meganreese1486 agree 💯!
Who isn’t on their phones during the work day?
Yea, that is not the biggest issue in public education
My opinion is let’s see if their way of having their children learn works. Do a follow up in ten years or so and see how they are doing. It’s refreshing to see their kids exploring and experiencing the world and not on a device playing video games.
Depending on their state's requirements, the kids might be evaluated more often than that to make sure they are on track.
There's a vid here on TH-cam from adults who were unschooled, their experience & what their lives are like now.
There is an entire life of 80s babys and on that I know who are winning at life and were homeschooled and in schooled
@@OceanMomma10different between homeschooling and unschooling
We live in a day and age where information is free and the government has thoroughly ruined public education. Its up to us as parents to take our children's education into our own hands. We're living in a new world and the old way of educating children is well on its way out.
Amen!
TRUTH!
Unless they fix public education I’d never put my kids in public school. Other adults have no place mass teaching others kids, especially if it’s not conducive to the kids growth.
You make it sound like schools just grab random people to be teachers. The vast majority of teachers are highly trained professional educators. In addition, the vast majority teach content and not the “brainwashing” that supposedly exists. I say this as a teacher of 29 years with a masters degree in education from a real university. I teach science and scientific thinking within the context of the courses I teach.
Speak up! Contact your state's Department of Education. Contact your school district. Make your concerns known about the curriculum that is being taught. Because we as teachers and assistants don't like what we are being told to teach, but the higher-ups don't listen to us.
@@jameswright-tk5iz she's really not making it seem like that at all, she's making a point that there is a serious issue with the public education system and how it operates, and it needs to be dismantled.
She's not wrong and many ways-" Mass teaching", which I assume by that she's referring to the fact that schools, or at least public schools, operate off of essentially crowd control and mass production in America.
It's almost like a factory, production is priority, pushing as many okay outcomes using the standardized curriculum as possible is priority.
However, when you do this, you simply cannot also provide an adequate individualized developmentally appropriate education to each child. It's just not possible.
This is why many teachers are even turning to homeschooling their own children. It's not that teachers aren't skilled at teaching in the public school system- it's that the public school system itself is broken, and so no matter how well trained, the teachers are at teaching in it, It will not fix the problem that makes up its very foundation.
I am getting my Bas in special ed, my aunt just retired early after teaching for 30 years, and we have multiple homeschool friends who are teachers homeschooling their children, or at least were, several of them retired specifically to homeschool their children, and none of them use a state standard curriculum, majority mix some form of unschooling with multiple curriculums, and do child lead learning to some extent.
A lot of what is learned becoming a teacher is actually HOW to do crowd control. How to manage a classroom full of students.
And while not every parent has any business homeschooling, and I'm sure many parents will tell you that themselves whether from not having the passion or just not having the talent and drive- the parents who do have that, are nearly always if not every single time, the best teacher for their child that I could imagine.
Now the core issue at the end of the day is that not everybody can or wants the homeschool, And that is understandable. It is not easily accessible to everyone, nor is homeschooling well, and important factor here, accessible to everyone.
It takes resources, It takes time, It takes studying. It takes preparation, It is a massive dedication if done well, especially if you have multiple children, and especially if you have disabled children.
So the issue would be, how can we provide a better education to Children in the public education system- how can we rebuild the public education system to provide as adequate of a developmentally appropriate, individualized education as possible to these children?
And while I don't have THE answer, I think there are some very clear answers out there, and we're seeing them do their magic in real life application.
Montessori schools for example, produce amazing outcomes
And it's not just on Rich private school kids.
Montessori was initially created by being tested on and used on disabled children at the facility that Maria-On at Missouri worked in, and the outcomes were so amazing that it was picked up immediately.
And in the modern day there have been several test runs of enacting by Missouri in public schools, specifically underprivileged public elementary schools that we're a part of districts producing the lowest academic and literacy ratings in the State and among the lowest in the country.
In lowcountry of South Carolina, one such school did this test run, and the results were immediate and drastic.
Within only one year of an acting this change, students who the previous year were producing poorer scores than any other school in the state, we're now outperforming the schools around them and higher income neighborhoods.
Now sadly despite seeing the drastic improvement, nothing else was done. Now you would think after seeing such a clear answer in front of you, that you would enact this in all schools.
That sadly, nothing changed anywhere else.
Now the reason I bring up Montessori specifically is because Montessori is a way that you can have larger numbers of children in a class with one or two teachers, and aid the students in learning and receiving a developmentally appropriate individualized education, producing far superior outcomes academically, as well as socially and behaviorally.
These children are often more independent, more well-behaved, and frankly more respectful of themselves and those around them as well as their environment, as that is a part of the Montessori curriculum in itself and the impact of the environment and the approach.
Now I don't think Montessori alone is the only answer, I think there could be multiple answers to pull from. We have experience with one of the few reggio Amelia of North America certified schools in the country that go up to the 5th grade.
And these students perform outstandingly, and not only that, but they are accommodated very well if they have special needs. Children with different disabilities are able to achieve academic milestones in the setting that were previously deemed to advance for them to achieve in a public school setting.
Now one thing that both of these schools haven't comment usually, Is WAY more freedom of movement, many Montessori and most reggio schools start their day with free time outside to play and beautiful nature-based settings and natural playgrounds oftentimes, reggio Emilio with loose parts.
Often this play lasts up to an hour or longer, some are much shorter however, closer to 30 minutes.
If you follow the blocks of these routines throughout the day at these types of schools, you will usually see a trend in that while they do differ greatly in many ways, they both offer a lot of freedom as well in the academic learning process, how it's done, and in freedom of movement and freedom within limits.
Both settings typically have another hour-long or more break to play outdoors in these settings, and both will often also partake in outdoor learning, though this will differ the school particularly by Mount Missouri school, as this is a very standard practice with reggio Emilia.
In a reggio Amelia school, I remember seeing where they were all reading a chapter book, and they were all at different stages of progressing with reading, there was a disabled student with communication disabilities in the class as well, students who could read independently were reading independently, students who struggled were allowed to team up together if they wanted to and help each other, read words and figure out the tricky ones, and those who struggled to read but wanted to read independently were allowed to use the aid of listening while following along with headphones, or requesting help from one of the teachers.
And I saw that after some of the students got done reading, they automatically got up and started getting together in a space across the room from the people still reading, they got out what looks like toys, and they began to build.
But it's time passed. You could see that it wasn't just play, they were actually playing and acting out the parts of the book they had just read, on their own, without being given the idea or assignment by a teacher.
This is the type of learning I'm talking about. It builds interest, it builds Independence, it builds on the strengths and individual developmental readiness at the individual, and this also allows for students to help other students, to work together, as well as students to independently know that they have the freedom to get up and explore materials to help themselves better understand what they're learning- this also frees up time for the teacher to help those who need the teachers guidance and dependently. The teacher is not stretched so thin to the extent were too many children are struggling needing that Independent time and not able to get enough of it.
The students also always put everything back where it goes, there are very specific places for everything, And everything has its place in both settings, and again in both settings, they are taught a very strong sense of freedom within limit.
I.e, I viewed you as capable and responsible enough to have this freedom, but for me to continue to view you as capable and responsible enough to have this freedom, you have to continue showing that you are capable and responsible enough to have it by putting back what you displace exactly how you found it so we can continue to do this everyday.
You have freedoms, but with freedoms comes responsibilities.
And often that trust and freedom and Independence is enough to incentivize children to follow the roles, to clean up after themselves, and to even take up classroom chores and help out in different ways.
I'm sure there's a number of other ways and methods that could be helpful to implement into a public school system to make it function better and produce better outcomes- but the ultimate point is the ad of all the things we have seen producing Superior outcomes, out of the bits of research that have been done showing that things such as outdoor learning, especially for the lower grade levels, but for all grade levels produce better outcomes, we are seeing no actual attempts to implement that on a mass scale in the American public school system.
It's not about you as a teacher. It's not about the teachers.
It's about the system itself, and no amount of good teaching can fix that. Trust me, teachers have tried. You may be able to do things to make it a bit better, a bit less harmful and damaging to the students who don't thrive in this environment, which is many- but you simply cannot FIX a system that is set up to be the opposite of what most children need through being a good teacher
That's a blanket statement. I received a great public school education, and so did millions of other students.
My daughters last day in the only semester she’s ever been in a public school is next Friday. She’s thrilled, as am I ❤ I think homeschooling is phenomenal. My daughter tested at a 3rd grade phonics level at the start of 1st grade. 1 semester was all I was willing to give public school.
Anything can be abused, but dedicated parents work wonders. I would applaud this family, I think what they’re doing is beautiful 😊 👏🏼
I hope more people develop this kind of courage to break the mold for education. These kids are going to be capable and creative, people who know how to create value and enjoy life.
I started homeschooling my kids last year. The school started asking my kids about Trans situations... My son was the Only kid in his high school class that could even write in CURSIVE. They label kids "ADHD" because they cant and dont do well in a sitting environment all day. I applied the things I learned growing up in the country and NOBODY in these schools are truly interested IN teaching they are basically ALL activists these days!
We are Unschoolers, have been for almost a decade. It’s the best approach for our kids. Learning is joyful and they focus on what’s important. My youngest taught himself to read using Spotify lyrics, my eldest is coding and working with computers. They know how to socialize with all ages, and they’ve learned so much about leadership.
Same here! We've been Unschooling for 10 years & we love it!
I homeschool my children and their progress is way more than what I think traditional public school would teach.
TV always goes for the extreme and that’s true with this family. Our family homeschools with my oldest graduating this year. They do all the standard subjects but we can tailor their learning to their interests and they have more time to follow their passions and learn real life skills.
I would have agreed with the comments she got on social media 10 years ago. Today, I agree with this couple. School didn't prepare me for work or the world. It was a waste of time for a piece of paper that claims I achieved something. So why do I feel like that 18 years was pointless? It was survival of the fittest and getting bullied every day. It was rote memorization and repetition of busy work. I can't remember anything I did. I already had a high reading level at a young age. I believe this non-traditional method will teach them actual skills they can use in their lives in the future...and anything you want to learn today is in a book or on TH-cam. You don't need school for that.
Sorry to hear you got bullied every day:(
We homeschool our two boys and while I can agree that kids should not be bound to a classroom for most of the day I think it's a bit foolish to believe your child doesn't need any instruction/seatwork at all. We live in a society where we need to know how to write, read, do math, etc. And homeschool seatwork really only takes 1-3 hours, depending on the age of the child. The rest of the day, you fill with "unschooling principles." We are the parents, the teachers. Children are minors and NEED instruction. I run a homeschool group and have come across parents who literally don't do a thing for their kids. I have been told: "If he wants an education, he needs to be the one to take initiative and find the curriculum and do the work himself each day." This boy is 11. This is absolutely neglectful and makes the whole homeschool community look awful. I think there are many hands-on unschoolers, and I believe these parents on the show are among them but there are many that take this concept too far and not seriously enough. Please, anyone considering doing this, think twice. You can still teach all of these skills, in fact you should! And the beauty of homeschooling is you can go the pace your child needs with seatwork. But your child's education should not be put to the sidelines.
*I don't believe this family is putting their children's education on the sidelines and I absolutely agree that public school is not the correct path forward. But people do take the term unschooling the wrong way and don't make any effort at all in their childrens education, these are the people I write this comment about. I have seen it, I have met adults who had parents that did this and all of them say it made their life so much harder, playing catch-up.
I'm 100% for homeschooling. I'm zero percent for unschooling.
I homeschool, not unschooling exactly, which I am very supportive of, but we definitely focus on more life needs and sprinkle in academics with the younger children (TK & K). For my eldest (14) he’s a junior in college majoring comp sci. We always say he ditched high school to go to college. In his case he was so smart that public school was like putting a regular kid in SpEd.
But.. good for the family though. My kids rarely sit around as well. There’s no way my younger kids would do it.
As far as socialization. Traditional school is like a training camp for a 9-5. Forced socialization with the same exact kids isn’t really that important.
What is the process to do college early? Is there a good resource for that?
@@curt248some states let highschoolers do "duel enrolled" at community colleges so they get free classes in HS. Some homeschoolers just do community college instead of HS work
What a nasty way to refer to children with special needs.
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We have been homeschooling, unschooling and worldschooling. The last few years they focus has been on worldschooling ( traveling and learning). We organize group trips with families that want to worldschool and travel the world together. The amount of education and life skills that the kids acquire through this type of schooling is by far superior to whatever they would ever learn in a classroom setting. I’m so glad this is becoming more mainstream
I haven’t heard the term “worldschooling”, but that’s part of my plan for my kids.
The young guy said his sister's reading comprehension is better than average but then said he doesn't know or follow the metrics - priceless! The life skills the first family promotes are basic skills that should be taught outside of traditional education. I'd be curious to see how their children fare as they get older.
They’ll be just fine. You’d be quite surprised at how successful most homeschooled kids are❤
I was thinking the same thing. My kid goes to school and does the same activities. I don’t understand how these unschooling parents don’t get that a lot of kids do both. I don’t get how unschooling isn’t considered educational neglect. Homeschooling is one thing, but unschooling? It’s neglect. This isn’t setting your kids up for options. Especially if you have a kid with a learning disability, which these parents wouldn’t be able to detect or know how to support. Such a huge disservice to those poor kids.
@@Wintersnowblossom often times, homeschool parents do pick up because they are more hands-on, teaching their child and will recognize their particular struggles and do their own research
Yeah, this is NOT homeschooling, people in the comments are being confused. This is child-led “do whatever you want”. The mom actually said if the kid wasn’t interested in math and it was hard, then don’t make them do it?! What the heck?! Maybe if the kids want to be skilled entrepreneurs who have to hire an accountant or bookkeeper who can do the work they never wanted to learn, fine. But this is not the alternative to public school. Homeschooling is waaaay different than this child-centered and child-led life. What a mess. Don’t want to learn about the civil war? Fine! Let’s learn about this plant outside. No one ever needed to know their own countries history. 👎🏻
Unschooling often results in children enjoying any learning. So they thrive.
Whereas in school children are forced to learn that which they are either not ready for, or already learned or are perhaps in a consolidation period in that area. So the lesson for such a schooled child is that learning is boring and to be avoided.
Unschoolers get to be creative ALL day and make mistakes and learn from it. This is where good problem solvers are made.
But they are still parented. They still do chores and learn discipline from that. It is just more real and applied to a real world.
Public school is failing. What we do about it is open for discussion. It might not be my exact plan, but I think this family has their children's best interest at heart.
Public school is an indoctrination camp as far as I can tell.
Microschools will be popping up quite regularly within the next 5 years. This, along with homeschooling, will be a welcome change to crash this beyond-repair public school system.
Happily Homeschooling in California where we have
Instructional Funds of $3,700 per year per student available for books, materials, laptop, monitor, online & in-person vendor classes, etc., etc.,
When you enroll your child in an Independent Studies program with a Public Charter school that works alongside Homeschooling families.
We are partnered with
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NOT the one-size-fits all education that is implemented in every traditional government public school system that is epically failing.
Homeschooling has changed our lives for the best and our child finally enjoys learning.
Sometimes I think it is hard for people who haven't experienced homeschooling or unschooling to wrap their mind around what it actually looks like. We have homeschooled our children for 13 years and I can honestly say I didn't even fully realize what it was until I was in it. It has been an amazing blessing and privilege. There are SO many more benefits than what I first saw. Now that we are a seasoned homeschooling family we can see more "fruit" in our children's lives. They do stand out in society but in so many great ways. They know how to engage in social conversations with people of all ages and enjoy doing so. They know who they are and they have a strong root system against peer pressure. They LOVE learning and have never lost that.
I want to make something completely and abundantly clear here. Traditional homeschooling ROCKS! Unschooling is absolutely neglect. I am a special needs tutor who works with the homeschool population in Florida which is very large. There is a massive difference between the traditional homeschooling population and these unschooling parents. I have met 5th graders unable to write their name. I have met 5th graders unable to tell me that 2 + 2 was four. These children are not taught a single solitary thing because it might hurt their psyche. They are allowed to pick what they want to learn and there can be massive gaps in their development. It's honestly one of the most alarming things I have ever seen. Now, let me clarify for everyone on here and tell you that I have also worked with traditional homeschooling families!!!! These families are absolutely amazing and their children are very well-rounded and very well educated!!!! They usually go on to do great things. Please do not fall into the trap of unschooling. Homeschool rocks! Unschooling is treading a very dangerous line. Homeschooling and unschooling are not the same thing and it needs to be clarified. Homeschooling families use curriculums that they select. They have benchmarks. They have goals. They have organization and folders. They have diverse experiences as well, but they also have traditional educational settings that allow for children to make sure the development is whole. Unschooling doesn't do any of that. All they do is throw their children out into the world and say "Be whatever you want to be and learn whatever you want to learn." Which, in theory sounds great except for the fact that underage people are not legally allowed to make most decisions for themselves yet for the obvious reasons. Why on Earth would you allow them to make all the choices and regards to their own education??? It is an absolute recipe for disaster and frankly I feel like it should be illegal. I'm not saying homeschool should be illegal. I love traditional homeschool. I am saying this newer trend where parents just want to be cool at the expense of their child should be illegal.
I agree with you that they are neglecting their children
Homeschooling mom of 4. I agree with this homeschooling is not the same as unschooling. I'm even in agreement with parents who educate at their child's personal pace or interests..but I too know smart children who cannot read proficiently and the vast majority of times it's from parents who wisely do not want their child in public school.. but also do not have the emotional capacity to properly homeschool..so they say there "unschooling". There's so much flexible in homeschooling. Parents can still do every thing theses parents mentioned with all the hands on learning.. but still get in the reading writting and arithmetic
Agree! Watching this i cringed. We homeschool our kids, but unschooling seems like neglecting actual learning. I want to tell these people it’s possible to BOTH allow your kids to learn in nature and “civil war” dates.
I homeschool my children. I worry this trend of “unschooling” will have negative effects on the classical homeschooling population.
@@christinag3142 I feel like now more than ever traditional homeschooling families need to be speaking up on what they do. They need to be showing the curriculum they use. The written samples of grammar, reading, writing, and of course math. They need to see the history lessons. They need to see the data tracking. They need to see the fun parts! The trips to the library. The painting, coloring, drawing, all of it. They need to not defend these parents because I have noted the homeschooling population is very sensitive and they run and defend people just because it is a type of homeschooling versus truly looking at what they are defending. They need to call these parents out.
" We have a strong vision of what we want for our children"... Honey, I'm here to tell you they're going to have their own vision😂
We went from public to a charter school based on Core Knowledge (NOT Common Core), which has a book series available describing what a child at each grade should know. By high school, we eventually went private and schooled at home. No regrets! I do believe kids should learn each subject so that when they are adults, they have the "toolkit of foundational skills" to start them in whatever career they wish to pursue.
I’m a director in a school district. I hate everything about what is promoted in public education. Do I promote it, nope. I do the opposite and I see the fruit. Too many are afraid to change it. I’m glad they are taking control over what education was supposed to be.
Homeschooling mom here. All families who homeschool do it their way. I appreciate this family for what works for their children. For me public school was appalling for a child with ADHD and ASD ( extremely high on the spectrum) my child is now in high school courses TWO years early on the path to early college. And the biggest misconception is our children aren’t social lol.
Some of the best people I have met homeschooled a majority of their life.
If I could homeschool my kids I would. Both of these parents are educated, the mom as a teacher. She knows what foundations they need but is applying it to real life, they are little still.
I cannot say just how much I agree with these folks! I’m a certified and active Master level teacher who is NO Longer working inside a public school. I do tutor after school. Kids aren’t learning. A huge majority of the teachers are on antidepressants. Kids need real life skills in addition a break away from useless hours sitting in a classroom not growing to their full potential.
As a homeschooling parent and former PS educator I don't believe in all or nothing approaches to education. Children need schooling and unschooling. You can do short formal or informal lessons in the mornings and then have them explore or unschool the rest of the time. Or 2 days on and 2 days off. It's the responsibility of a homeschooling parent to prepare their child for real life no matter what path they take.
I also homeschooled my children and currently teach at the middle level in the public schools. I agree with you 100% about the 'all or nothing' approach. When my girls were ready to go to school [at different times and ages], they were able to acclimate because they had structured learning time for part of the day. You never know what the future will bring for YOU as the primary educator [illness, financial crisis, etc.]. That being said, I also agree that public school is not structured for boys, especially. They need A LOT of breaks with physical activity.
I agree with Dr. Phil…this is what parents should be doing after school, on weekends, and summers.
Sad reality is most don’t though. They are sat in front of games and tv.
Or, homeschool using a curriculum for 4+ hours a day, and then your kids can do extracurriculars and play.
11:36. 42 here. Haven’t used a protractor since school. Life doesn’t require one. Like they said, if the kid becomes interested in math then theyll do math things. Not everyone needs to know everything.
So amazing! 👏🏽
We really need to stop judging one another all the time. I am an educator that has worked in a number of educational settings including public, private, homeschool coops, and tutoring centers. When we decide that any one way is THE BEST way, it leads to close-minded thinking and being judgmental of parents who aren’t doing it your way. It’s very unattractive, narcissistic, and sad.
Sure hope you are that one educator, that does not allow bullying in any shape, way or form. For I've been through middle and high school being severely bullied and I almost took my life. Took me years of grieving to get over the complex trauma done to me in the school system. It messed up my life!
You feel people should stop judging. But your last sentence truly makes me gag. You seem Very Judgemental yourself.
@ Sorry to hear about the trauma you went through, and I truly hope you have experienced healing. I believe parents should each make the best, educated decisions for their own children, knowing each situation is unique and each child’s needs are different. I’ve witnessed a lot of parents making judgments towards each other, and it fosters a lot of divisiveness and “us vs. them” mentality. I, personally, would like to see less of that.
Kudos to these smart and brave people. These children will have important life skills they will use every day of their lives. They will be healthier and more resilient. ❤❤❤
I agree with the parents. They seem level headed and smart. They'll teach the kids reading, writing, and arithmetic. Little House on the Prairie baby!
Little house on prairie had schools and desk kids had to sit in for hours a day a great portion of year
No lhotp had schools with desks
Kids in little house on the prairie generally went to school except for brief periods when they were moving and couldn’t.
I went to public and my 2 kids went to private. We ended adopting and now I am homeschooling, I wish I would have homeschooled my other kids❤no social issues either child❤it has come such a long way, so many options. I do recommend it.
Wow this woman is so right I hated school back in the 60s and the 70s it was so boring to me but when I was in the shop I was so happy and I carried that on through my lifetime and I have my own machine shop with all the tooling I need to do anything but one thing I missed out on is learning how to read or write it took me a lot of years but I still can't spell ✌️
Some people just can't spell. I have two degrees and can't spell a thing! My Grammer is still atrocious!
Love her! Been following her for a while now
We homeschool and spend minimal time in bookwork. We skipped preschool and only spent 15-45 minutes a few days a week for kindergarten. That time increases as their age increases because there is so much more to learn and explore. We don’t spend all day “foraging” and letting them decide what all they want to do, though. Kids are born with curiosity but not wisdom. There needs to be a balance with nurturing their curiosity and guiding them and also considering the society where they will be living. We also have them do the things they don’t want to do so they can learn responsibility and flexibility. I don’t think the public school model is best, but we should also be realistic in the society where we live.
This is fabulous! Parents should always have the right to decide their children’s education and keep government out of it! The teachers in government school watched me get verbally assaulted and did nothing. My kids will never step foot in one for so many reasons!
Schooling shouldn't be one-size-fits all. We all work in different fields, it's okay for us to learn differently.
Absolutely
Imagine telling an unemployed person “no matter what you’re doing your working”.
It’s like yea but not all learning and working is productive enough for others to want to trade them resources and respect for it.
0:45 "Your brain isn't making enough oxygen when you're sitting." Wwwhat!?
She is horribly uneducated.
Oxygen is transported to the brain by blood and sitting too long can reduce blood flow to the brain. Look up an image of the brain after sitting quietly and then walking for 20 minutes. The difference isn't pretty.
Children who go to school are there for up to 35 hours per week plus hours of homework, screen time... It's easier to calculate what little time they don't spend sitting.
@@raea3588 she didn't say absorb or transport she said MAKE
Math and science is still important
As is writing, spelling and learning how to manage a checkbook. Basic life skills
I've homeschooled all of my kids (15 years now and counting), and this does not sound healthy. Sorry. You can do "school," and also let them explore their interests during the rest of the day.
1000% agree with them. Our teenage girls are homeschooled/unschooled.
Dr. Gordon Neufeld's book, "Hold Onto Your Kids" is excellent and discusses the importance of kids keeping their attachments to family
Thanks i'll check it out.
Amen for these young parents!
We homeschool our 3 children ages 9, 10, and 12. We complete traditional subjects along with electives at their pace- they learn gardening, baking, canning, American Sign Language and are in extracurricular activities like basketball, AWANA, and youth group. It works well for us. Personally, unschooling, in this way, in my opinion leaves room for too many gaps.
We can target areas of interest as well: baking, engineering etc at even young ages
We definitely don't support government instructed school.
The best school I taught at was a BIG Picture learning high school. Three times a week was academics and Tuesday and Thursday was internship. Actual real world jobs, volunteer experiences, paid and unpaid internships and students that didn’t have one worked on interview skills, resume skills, mock interviews, until they found an experience that they enjoyed with the help of their advisor and the career specialist that worked on campus. I loved that school.
This is fantastic.....I'd love to teach there!
What job have you ever applied to where they asked you, "What's your training in math?" And the thing is, if a specialized job needs you to be good in math, they give applicants a math test. Also, we have these things called computers that do math. I think these kids are going to know how to use a protractor if they need to, and anything else needed in their chosen work. If they're doing renovating and home-building they're going to have engineering skills most kids could only dream of. These children are going to be such self-motivated learners that they'll be able to do things we now consider to be only achievable by geniuses. Kids don't need to learn every subject, they need to go deep into the subjects they're interested in and good at so that they can excel while also living a meaningful and satisfying life. It's best for them AND society.
I unschooled my kids. I call it self directed education. My older two wanted to go to high school and immediately got straight A’s. They know how to learn. They are driven, passionate, creative and amazing people! One is now in college and makes the dean’s list each semester.
I went to public school, was an average A/B student. What's a protractor? Ask me a math question beyond the basics. 😅 it hasn't been relevant, so I lost it....quickly. At the very least homeschooling will have the same outcome, but maybe, just maybe, my children will have more of a passion for learning bc it was at their pace and followed their interest. We still always focus on the foundations of reading and math, but the rest follows their path. My girls are bright, strong, and natural leaders. Oh and to the socializing point 😂😂😂😂😂 people will grasp for anything they can. I actually wish my girls were less social, I can hardly keep up with the play dates and so many friends and activities. Homeschool = Life school = love. You should try it.
Amazing!
There is a difference between homeschooling and unschooling. I work with a woman that unschools here children and they are 10 and 12 and can barely read and have trouble spelling.
That’s one person not unschooling as a whole. And her kids are not “falling behind”. At any point they can jump in and within a year be caught up.
I am a high school teacher and can say the same about a lot of students I've seen here in traditional education.
I’m all for these types of education for kids. But- as a teacher I’m really hoping these parents are also teaching their children basic skills of Spelling, Math, and Writing
I am so glad to see people talking about unschooling in a bright positive light. I am very frustrated with people who looks like they came from the public school system complaining people aren’t sending their kids to let the government tell them how to learn. Kids have amazing brains that soak up knowledge like a sponge and they don’t need to be taught how to learn. If kids aren’t learning in school it is because you aren’t teaching them properly. It is not the child’s failure it is the schools failure.
Although I am a classical home educator which involves much more structure and parental leadership compared with unschooling, I do agree that the diploma/papers mean very little today. Employers value character, work ethic and the ability to learn.
Perhaps in your place. That's not how the rest of the world sees it. I'd say there is a strong overvaluation for paper diplomas. Without the diploma your resume is tossed aside in a second. Those that recruit are of the utmost stifled in their flawed opinions.
The things you mention never even come to the table.
There's also a strong age discrimination around the world. 'Old' at 40 and in some cultures well before that.
Alot of jobs require a college education . Any college education...any education is valuable. It's humorous to me that people imply degrees are useless
I agree 100% with these parents. You know your children better than anyone would or could. These kids will be smart, well-rounded adults. Great job mom & dad. You didn't send your kids to the government indoctrination camp also known as public schools.
I don’t want my kids transitioned or subject to their woke agenda. My daughter is unschooled and learns whatever she needs to.
It’s amazing the scrutiny unschooling parents go through that regular “school” parents never have to.
I'm not against home schooling, but this couple needs to add in math and science, English, writing, reading. There are some kids who were home school don't learn some things like respect for other people views, and other cultures, social standards. Public education has some things home school doesn't teach. Home schooling isn't all the answer, half and half might be good. These parents are forgetting that no matter what job they have there are timelines and structure and someone else is in control and they can't just freestyle it.
Not at this age they don’t need to add in formal math nor English, that can be learned so quick when they’re older.. Homeschooled kids are the most respectful kids I ever met. In college we had plenty of previous homeschooled adults and they were awesome. They got to have a real experience because they didn’t party in high school, nor date, they were not into having cliques either.
Who says the want to work for someone else? THAT is the problem with how you see the world! Why not encourage owning a business and skipping making someone else rich? When you start thinking like that then you would understand.
As someone who double mastered in mathematics and physics in college I can tell you that they absolutely DO NOT need to “teach” math. All school teaches about math is how to hate it.
For thousands of years, parents were the teachers. Academia certainly is no longer the rewarding path.
Awesome, mom and dad, stay the course.
"Semper Fidelis"
I half way agree with this. Maybe half day learning a classroom environment. The other half active moving around and doing lead discovery!