Making The Best Of The Rest Of The School Year: Episode 302
The Mom Hour
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🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Whether schools in your area are open in-person, on a hybrid model, or fully remote, chances are that March is looking different than September did. And believe it or not, we’re already looking toward the end of the year. In Episode 302 Meagan and Sarah share how our own kids are doing at this point in the year, what’s changed and how school has evolved in our respective communities. We also offer validation for those who worry about kids’ academic progress this year, and our hopes for finishing out the year on a positive trajectory. Join us!
LINKS MENTIONED:
- We talked about our two recent episodes Advocating For Your Kids During A Crisis: Episode 297, and School Decisions Feel Like a LOT (Here’s What To Keep In Mind): Episode 298
- Our friend Christine Koh wrote this article, Parents Can Care About Education and Still Be Ok Writing This School Year Off
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from |
| 0:05.2 | little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages |
| 0:09.0 | of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share |
| 0:12.7 | tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're |
| 0:16.6 | not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real. |
| 0:19.9 | Welcome to the Mom Hour. |
| 0:23.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to episode 302 of the Mom Hour. I am Sarah Powers here |
| 0:28.2 | with Megan Frances. Hey Megan. Hey Sarah. So we are going to talk about school |
| 0:34.4 | today. We're gonna give an update. Gosh, it is March, first of all. I feel like |
| 0:39.2 | every time we decide we're gonna talk about school then like six months go by |
| 0:43.0 | and we're like, do we talk about school recently? And it turns out it's been a |
| 0:45.8 | really long time. Yeah, it is March. I can't believe it's March. That that in and |
| 0:50.4 | of itself feels weird where we are circling around this one year COVID |
| 0:56.6 | anniversary pandemic anniversary. So that feels weird. Yeah, we did actually a |
| 1:02.5 | month ago, we talked about school in a much broader sense. And thank you to |
| 1:06.7 | everybody. We got some really nice feedback about that episode. That episode, |
| 1:10.2 | which was from exactly a month ago, February 2nd, was about making big school |
| 1:16.2 | decisions. And we really did that mostly like independent of COVID I would |
| 1:20.4 | say. Like we talked about the guiding principles that have helped us make |
| 1:24.4 | schooling decisions for our kids in the past. Yeah. And that is like really |
| 1:28.9 | relatable any year. I think right now maybe more people are thinking about |
| 1:32.6 | making changes than ever before. So that could be like a particularly hot |
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