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The Power of Mixed-Age Play: Why Our Kids Need It More Than Ever
Parenting | Play

The Power of Mixed-Age Play: Why Our Kids Need It More Than Ever

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Screen Conscious Parenting: How Mindful Tech Use Shapes Our Family Life

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Process Art Activities for Preschoolers: Fostering a Creative Journey

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thealannagallo

📖 Former teacher (M Ed.) turned secular homeschooler
🚫 Reducing screen time + rethinking school
🌱Raising confident, curious, real-world ready kids ↓

Think back to your own childhood. The hours spent Think back to your own childhood. The hours spent outside. The board games with siblings. Even the boredom that forced you to invent a game out of nothing.That’s where confidence and creativity lived.Now? Those same hours are being replaced by YouTube videos, endless scrolling, and gaming marathons. And then we wonder why kids feel anxious, disconnected, and unsure of themselves.Confidence doesn’t grow on a screen. It grows from doing hard things, solving real problems, and learning who you are in the process.That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable: to help parents bring back the real-life experiences that build grounded, confident kids.🌱 Comment GETIT to get your copy today!
Have you noticed how quickly your child’s intere Have you noticed how quickly your child’s interests shift? One week it’s slime videos. The next it’s a viral song. Then it’s whatever Roblox update everyone is talking about.That’s not because their passions are shallow. It’s because algorithms reward whatever is trending... not what’s thoughtful, creative, or lasting.If we’re not careful, our kids spend their childhood chasing what’s viral instead of discovering what they actually love.That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable. To help parents raise kids who aren’t led by trends, but by curiosity, values, and self-awareness.👋 Comment GET IT and I’ll send you the link to get your hands on a copy right away!
If your child seems less confident or curious late If your child seems less confident or curious lately, it’s not your imagination.Screens and school culture are quietly training kids to look outward for direction instead of inward for intuition. They’re rewarded for following instructions, not curiosity. For fitting in, not thinking differently.But confidence doesn’t grow from compliance. It grows from freedom, boredom, and self-trust.That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable: to help parents raise kids grounded in who they are, not what the culture tells them to be.💥 Comment GETIT and I’ll send you the link to grab your copy!
“You’re so lucky your husband agreed to raise “You’re so lucky your husband agreed to raise non-iPad kids.” Luck had nothing to do with it.We started noticing how different our kids were after screen-heavy days. Shorter fuses. Less curiosity. Always needing the next hit.So we made a choice. To give them the kind of childhood we remember: boredom, imagination, real connection.And yeah, it’s countercultural now. Because the world keeps telling parents, “Just give them a screen. It’s easier.”That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable. It’s the book I needed when I realized how much the algorithm was shaping our kids… and how powerful it is when parents decide to step out of that noise.If you’re ready to raise kids grounded in who they are, not what the culture tells them to be, 💥 Comment GET IT and I’ll send you the link to grab your copy (plus my 5-Step Screen Reset Course free).
I used to think I’d retire in the classroom.Gr I used to think I’d retire in the classroom.Grading essays. Drinking bad coffee. Changing lives one kid at a time.But somewhere along the way, the system changed.The spark I saw in kids started to fade.They were anxious, overstimulated, and desperate for validation from a screen.Curiosity gave way to compliance.And the kids who didn’t fit the mold — the dreamers, the neurodivergent thinkers, the feelers — were labeled “problems.”Then I became a mom.And suddenly it wasn’t just students I was worried about.It was my own kids.I didn’t want their childhood measured by grades, screens, or social media status.I wanted them to know themselves. To question. To create. To think critically — truly critically — not the watered-down version that makes adults comfortable.So I left.I walked away from the system I once believed in and built something new. A life that values play, curiosity, empathy, and truth.And, I help parents do the same: Raise kids who can’t be manipulated by trends or fear.Globally minded kids who are kind, confident, curious, and grounded in who they are.Kids who are Uninfluenceable.And it’s needed now more than ever.
When I was teaching high school, I watched it happ When I was teaching high school, I watched it happen in real time.Students showing up in the same outfits, quoting the same viral videos, chasing the same “trends.” Not because they loved them, but because they were afraid not to.And now, as a parent, I see it starting even earlier. Second graders worried about whether their Roblox avatar looks “cool.” Ten-year-olds deciding what books they can admit to liking based on what’s “in.”Our kids aren’t being given the chance to grow into themselves anymore. They’re being shaped by what an algorithm pushes in front of them.That’s what Uninfluenceable is about: helping kids know who they are, even when the world tells them who to be.📖 The book launches October 22... and if you’re on the waitlist and grab your copy during launch, you’ll get my 5-Step Screen Reset Mini Course FREE.👋 Comment WAITLIST and I’ll send you the link.
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