I wrestled with this decision for two years. Every time I dropped my kids off at school, I felt like I was handing them off to free babysitting, and I could not shake it. This episode is for every mom who has felt the same thing and talked herself out of it because she did not know how it could possibly work alongside a business.

Meghan Garfield spent over fifteen years designing learning systems professionally, including moving entire university programs online during COVID, before applying that same expertise to homeschooling her own three kids. She is not here to convince you. She is here to show you what is actually possible.

Episode Overview

We get into the fear of failing your kids, why homeschool does not have to look like school at home, what it actually takes per day at different ages, and how entrepreneur moms are uniquely positioned to make this work. Meghan also shares how her business, HomeGrown Minds, helps families who want the benefits of homeschooling without having to become full-time curriculum designers to do it.

In This Episode

• Find out how much time homeschooling actually takes per day at the elementary level, and why the answer will probably surprise you.
• Learn why your gifted, bored, or disengaged child is not the problem, and what a targeted approach to learning changes for kids like that almost immediately.
• Discover the biggest mistake families make when they start homeschooling, and how to avoid the trap of just recreating school at home with more stress and less support.
• Hear Meghan's framework for assessing each child individually so you are teaching to where they actually are, not where the grade level says they should be.
• Walk away knowing the first questions to ask yourself before choosing any curriculum, and why the right fit depends as much on you as it does on your child.

About Meghan Garfield

Meghan Garfield is the founder of HomeGrown Minds and the creator of Mindful Leaders Academy and Innovation Labs, a local homeschool program in her community. With over fifteen years in education, a master's degree in instructional design and educational technology, and three homeschooled kids of her own, Meghan helps families move from overwhelm and self-doubt to clarity and confidence. She takes the guesswork out of homeschooling with custom assessments, curriculum planning, and ongoing support for families who want a research-based approach without doing it all alone.

Instagram: @homegrownminds26

Website: homegrownminds.com

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