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The EdTech Illusion: How Screens in Schools Are Harming Our Kids (And What Parents Can Do)

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The EdTech Illusion: How Screens in Schools Are Harming Our Kids (And What Parents Can Do)

Together we’ll slow down, stop rushing our kids through life and raise lifelong learners who will become confident and independent adults.

thealannagallo

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

Before, “learning” meant sitting still, follow

Before, “learning” meant sitting still, following rules, checking boxes.Now? It looks like baking bread, exploring trails, reading under trees: and asking a hundred questions a day.We didn’t leave the classroom to escape learning.
We left so our kids could love it again.✨ That’s the shift I help families make... away from pressure and toward purpose.Follow me, @thealannagallo for more!

People love to tell me homeschooling must be so ha

People love to tell me homeschooling must be so hard.
But here’s the truth: the hardest part isn’t the math lessons or the patience (though trust me, both get tested).The hardest part was unlearning everything I thought school was supposed to look like.I had to let go of the idea that “real learning” only happens at a desk.
I had to stop measuring my kids against arbitrary grade-level standards.
I had to remind myself that childhood isn’t a race: it’s a journey.✨ That’s what deschooling is all about.
And once I leaned into it, everything got lighter. Learning started to feel like life, not a checklist.You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to ask: What does my child really need?Follow me, @thealannagallo for a further look at homeschooling and to start a homeschooling journey of your very own! 💡

Before algorithms raised our kids… they begged f

Before algorithms raised our kids…
they begged for five more minutes outside.Now? Too many are begging for five more minutes on YouTube.It’s not that kids have changed: it’s the world around them.
And if we don’t protect space for real play, exploration, and connection, the default will always be screens.✨ That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable 📚... to help parents raise kids who are grounded in who they are, not what the algorithm tells them to be.💥 Comment WAITLIST and I’ll send you the link to join.
When you do, you’ll also get my 5-Step Screen Reset Course (a $27 value) for free when the book launches.

Unfortunately, I can’t hand over the iPad to mak

Unfortunately, I can’t hand over the iPad to make dinner easier because I’m allergic to convenience parenting.When I was a teacher, I saw what convenience cost us.Kids who couldn’t focus for more than a few minutes.
Who didn’t know how to be bored.Who reached for their phones the second things got hard.So now, as a mom, I do things differently.It’s not because it’s easy, it’s because I’ve seen what happens when we don’t.I know how tempting it is to pass the tablet just to make it through the witching hour.But what our kids need most isn’t distraction. It’s regulation, connection, and space to learn how to exist without constant input.That’s what I talk about in my book Uninfluenceable. How to raise kids who can think for themselves in a world that doesn’t want them to.It’s not about perfection. It’s about being intentional—one choice at a time.💬 Comment WAITLIST and I’ll send you the link to join before the book launches on Wednesday October 22.

Your daughter is 5: and she’s more fluent in Tik

Your daughter is 5:
and she’s more fluent in TikTok sounds than nursery rhymes.That’s not just “the way things are.”
It’s a red flag.Because when kids grow up knowing influencers’ catchphrases better than their own family’s traditions…
we lose something deeper than just childhood songs.
We lose connection.
We lose imagination.
We lose the chance for kids to build their own voice before the internet gives them one.✨ That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable.
It’s not about banning screens.
It’s about raising kids who stay grounded, confident, and curious—even in a world that profits from their attention.💥 Join the waitlist today and when the book launches, you’ll also get my 5-Step Screen Reset Course (a $27 value) FREE.Comment WAITLIST and I'll send you the link to grab your spot.

Before algorithms raised our kids… childhood loo

Before algorithms raised our kids… childhood looked different.
Messy. Creative. Free.Now?
Too often it’s filtered, rushed, and measured in likes.But here’s the truth:
We don’t have to accept a version of childhood that’s outsourced to screens and systems.
We can reclaim it.✨ That’s why I wrote Uninfluenceable: a guide for raising grounded, confident, critically-thinking kids in a world that profits from distraction.💥 Join the WAITLIST today, and when the book launches you’ll also get my 5-Step Screen Reset Course (a $27 value) completely free.Because childhood deserves more than algorithms.

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