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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.)
🧠 Raising curious, uninfluenceable kids
🚫 Rethinking play, screens & school

Your kid doesn’t have to be struggling academicall

Your kid doesn’t have to be struggling academically for something to be off.Most of the time, it shows up in smaller ways.Disinterest.
Going through the motions.
Wanting to be done instead of wanting to learn.And it’s easy to write that off as a phase or a motivation issue.But kids aren’t wired to feel disconnected from learning.So when they do, it’s worth asking why.This isn’t about blaming schools or teachers.It’s about recognizing that the environment matters—and not every environment supports the kind of curiosity, independence, and engagement most parents actually want for their kids.If you’ve been seeing this, you’re not imagining it.Follow @thealannagallo for more honest conversations about education and parenting.If this resonates, comment AGSUB to grab the link to this week's Substack article.

The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as d

The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed.And that explains why kids learn to follow directions before they learn to think for themselves.Why curiosity slowly gets replaced with compliance.Why so many children go from loving learning… to just getting through it.And why so many parents feel like they’re doing everything right, even though something still feels off.To be clear, this isn’t about blaming teachers or schools.It’s about understanding the environment our kids are in…
and asking better questions about what they actually need to thrive.If you’ve been feeling this too, you’re not imagining it.Follow along @thealannagallo for the honest, uncomfortable, and occasionally unpopular conversations about intentional parenting and secular homeschooling.

@outschool just made this SO much easier for famil

@outschool just made this SO much easier for families 👏You can now book classes without a membership—so you can try what your child is interested in without committing long-term.And if you do want more consistency, the membership option is still there.We use both depending on the season we’re in—and I love having that flexibility.If you’ve been curious about Outschool, this is the perfect time to try it.Comment OUTSCHOOL and I’ll send you a link to get $50 toward classes.#outschoolinsider

Some decisions don’t come with a big announcement.

Some decisions don’t come with a big announcement.No dramatic exit. No viral post. Just a quiet drive home and a gut feeling you finally stopped talking yourself out of.Twenty minutes of recess. That was the moment I knew the container was too small for my kid – and honestly, for me too.I’m not here to tell you what’s right for your family. But I am here for the parents who felt that same tightness in their chest and didn’t know what to do with it.If that’s you: you’re in the right place.Follow along. This is what we’re building instead.

There’s a moment most parents have that they don’t

There’s a moment most parents have that they don’t talk about.Nothing is wrong, exactly.
 Your kids are fine. Life looks how it’s supposed to look.And still… something feels off.So you assume it’s you.
 That you need a better routine, more structure, a different approach.But what if the discomfort isn’t something to fix?What if it’s something to listen to?I felt this even after stepping outside the system.
 That pressure to stay on track, to keep moving, to get it done.It runs deeper than where your kids go to school.If you’ve been feeling this too—you’re not alone.
 And you’re not wrong for questioning it.This is where it starts.If this resonated, I write more about this on Substack. Comment AGSUB and I’ll send you the link to check it out.

These are my basic rules as an education and paren

These are my basic rules as an education and parenting expert, an ND mom to MULTIPLE ND kids, who is also homeschooling (and no not “THAT” type of homeschooler— see my pinned post about our stereotype breaking homeschool journey 🫣)Keep in mind there is nuance to all the screen-time content you see on this app. And many people wildly unqualified to be giving advice still out here giving it 😒Not all screen media is created equal AND not all types of screens are created equal.There is a difference between your child watching a documentary every day and your child scrolling YouTube shorts every day.There is a difference between your child using a laptop for research or academic work and your child using a tablet so they don’t have to learn to wait/develop patience (which is a SKILL).Nuance and gray areas don’t make for the best viral content so stay critical out there 😅✌🏻Follow @thealannagallo for research backed, non-judgmental (but also not sugar coated) content about education, secular homeschooling, screens and designing a family-centered intentional life ❤️ Happy Monday!!!

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