I’m not waiting anymore.

As a parent, I'm tired. "Of course," you might think — the kids, the schedules, the endless juggling. 

But that's not it.

It's the noise: Ban tech — but AI is the future. This school or that one. This parenting method or that one.

I'm tired of waiting for the trends, the policies, and the systems to figure this out. That's taking too much time. And too much of my precious energy.

Time is ticking…and it's my job to make sure my kids are prepared to handle whatever comes their way.

Tall order. We're in a moment where future-proofing our kids feels like a moving target. 

Here's what I am going to do. You're welcome to try it too.

I am going to turn down the outside volume and get to work making sure they have the toolkit they need. I’ve done it for years with students.

I call it a learning approach.

It's built from three things: how they uniquely move through the process of learning, manage the emotions along the way, and coach themselves through hard things.

This approach isn't something I can hand over. It's something they need to discover and build themselves. The ownership is what gives them grounded confidence and the know-how of what works and why. It's tailored to them because it's their design.

I'm not sure about you, but sometimes I get in the way. It's hard for me to step back and not tell them what to do. But if I keep jumping in to fix, redirect, or smooth things over, they never get the chance to figure it out themselves. (Oops.) That's especially important here.

So what's my job? I'm alongside, listening and asking questions as they learn. I provide feedback on what I'm hearing them say, what I'm seeing, and to share what I have learned too.

Let me pause there. Grounding myself in the goal and getting clear on my own role is step one.

More to come!