School Choice Series: Private to Public School with Misty Persefield:: [Ep 560]
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4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In part two of my School Choice Series, I sit down with Misty Persefield, a mom of three, to talk candidly about navigating school choice from the early years through high school. Misty shares her family’s journey through private and public schools, the fears she faced, and the peace that came from trusting God rather than comparing herself to others. This conversation offers reassurance for moms carrying the weight of making the “right” educational choices and highlights the importance of keeping fear out of the decision-making process.
My hope with this series is to share a variety of school choice stories so you can hear different experiences and perspectives. As you listen, I encourage you to pray and seek God’s guidance, asking Him to bring to mind exactly what you need to know for your family’s journey. Trust Him to walk hand in hand with you, year by year, as you make decisions and navigate each step of your children’s education. Here is some of what we cover:
- Challenges of private school, including finances and high expectations
- The importance of knowing yourself, your child, and your family culture
- Pivoting from private to public school for high school
- Starting kids early vs. late, especially for boys based on birthdays
Preparing kids for college by “taking off the bubble wrap” while they’re still at home
- Instagram: Misty Persefield (@mistypersefield)
- Website: Marketing Agency | Misty Persefield Marketing and Media
Related Episodes:
- Shame, Perfectionism and Smiling Depression :: Misty Persefield and Stephanie Coker [Ep 154]
- School Choice Series: Homeschool to Private School with Kris Habashy :: [Ep 559]
- Confidence in Parenting Decisions :: Laura Wifler [Ep 497]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm your host, Heather McFadion, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you |
| 0:14.5 | and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:19.6 | And in this episode number 560, I'm welcoming back to the show, my friend, Misty Persefield. |
| 0:26.9 | Nothing replaces what's happening at your dinner table. |
| 0:31.3 | Nothing replaces the conversations you're having in your car, the culture of your home, |
| 0:37.3 | the safe place that you're creating for your |
| 0:40.0 | kids to land because life is hard, whether they're at a Christian private school, if they're at |
| 0:46.2 | a secular private school, they're at a public school, they're at a home school, anywhere in |
| 0:51.5 | between. Your family culture, nothing is more important in shaping your kids. |
| 0:59.5 | This is part two of our school choice series. Last week, I talked to my friend Chris Habeshee |
| 1:03.9 | about her journey from homeschooling to private school. We're continuing on with my friend |
| 1:07.9 | Misty to talk about private school to public school. |
| 1:12.4 | Misty is a marketing guru. |
| 1:16.6 | She has even worked on our Don't Mom Alone team and helped with some of the rebranding you see now. |
| 1:18.1 | And today we're talking about her journey with her three kids. |
| 1:21.6 | Her oldest was in kindergarten, elementary, in middle school with my oldest. |
| 1:25.4 | We have two other that line up with each other. |
| 1:27.7 | And she's just going to talk about their journey. And really the overwhelming message she wants |
| 1:33.0 | you to gain is to not let fear be the driver to pray and seek God's guidance, trust him, |
| 1:39.7 | walk hand in hand with him year by year as he directs your unique family's journey. So I hope that |
| 1:46.6 | this is an encouragement to you, whether you have older kids or you're in the midst of making |
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