School Decisions Feel Like a LOT (Here’s What To Keep In Mind): Episode 298

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Register for kindergarten, or wait another year? Scrap the distance learning and opt into a homeschool program, or stick it out and hope campus opens in the fall? Stick with what your friends and neighbors are doing, or blaze your own trail when it comes to kids’ education? There is no end to the list of questions parents face when it comes to making school decisions – and many of them crop up around this time of year when applications and registrations come due. In Episode 298 of The Mom Hour, Meagan and Sarah offer seven guiding principles to consider when making any school decision, from preschool through high school. We can’t help you decide or tell you what to do, but today we’re here to validate the struggle and give you our experience. Enjoy!

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We mentioned last week’s episode Advocating For Your Kids During A Crisis
Our episode Kindergarten Readiness & Parent-Teacher Relationships with Kelly Hiltz pairs well with this conversation
All our school-related episodes (including those too old to appear in podcast apps!) can be found here
Sarah referenced our Voices interview episode Kids & Friendships With Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore: Voices 18
Sarah also referenced an episode about School Volunteering That Fits Your Personality
Check out all our Spotify playlists, including this one that combines more recent conversations about school and schooling

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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 little to
0:05.7	grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know that
0:10.5	motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement.
0:14.3	And remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.6	We're not experts.
0:17.6	We're parents who've been there.
0:18.8	We're not perfect.
0:19.8	We're real.
0:20.8	Welcome to the mom hour.
0:21.8	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 298 of the Mom Hour.
0:26.0	I am Sarah Powers here as always with Megan Francis.
0:29.0	Hey Megan.
0:30.0	Hey, Sarah, how are you?
0:32.0	Well I'm good. It's really rainy on the day we're recording this.
0:35.6	It is February and that's my birth month, so I'm super happy. How are you?
0:41.2	I'm pretty good. It is the dead of winter here in Michigan and it's cold and snowy which is okay, but my kids are back in school full time and that is like saving my life right now.
0:51.0	Oh, that is, it makes a huge difference.
0:53.3	And I can speak to that because even though I love our winter rains,
0:57.3	my kids have been in school in person,
0:59.6	but rainy days mess up the whole COVID safety plan which includes a lot of outdoor
1:05.0	outdoor learning and outdoor like eating and stuff and so we actually have like
1:09.8	adjusted minimum days and even at home remote learning days so we've gone backwards you've moved
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