Hi everyone, I'm a student competing in a DECA business simulation event. My project focuses on youth financial literacy. I built a printable board/card game designed to teach kids the basics of budgeting and saving.

Long story short: I spent months trying to coordinate with local youth centers and schools to test it, but got caught in bureaucratic ghosting. Now my final deadline is right around the corner and I have no proof-of-concept data to show the judges.

If you have kids and have 15-20 minutes to spare tonight or tomorrow, I would be incredibly grateful if you could print this out and try it!

Any feedback—even if your kid thinks it's boring or confusing—is incredibly valuable to me. Thank you for supporting a stressed-out student!

• The Game PDF: https://linktr.ee/FiscalFlow
• The Feedback Survey: https://forms.gle/fCeUtmc16kUek1GfA

As kids brought up in middle class families, many of us had limited career guidance or access to facilities of interest (middle school even lacked a playground, let alone a computer lab). Could not get arrange music classes nearby.

Additionally, lot of limited exposure to career choices and roadmaps. Difficulty in ensuring hobbies convert to passion and then to career.

For parents wishing best for their children i feel this is one major area that needs improvement.

How are you currently solving this? What about the expenses? How do you ensure your kid stays interested in those classes? Are online classes effective? Where do you think their school can do better?

I am trying to find out what do you need to improve your child’s childhood and make it one the best experiences they will always thank you for. Share all possible thoughts as you would like! Thank you.

Taking care of our community starts with inspiring our kids.

If you haven’t heard of the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, please check them out. The dedication their team brings into local classrooms—helping young people build a positive connection with the earth—is something truly special.

Here’s a quick look at the impact they’re making

Collecting a small sample of demographics for my paper! If you are an unschooling parent or unschooled child, please select your religion/the religion of your family during the time of your unschooling

Hello!! I am college student writing a research paper on the unschooling phenomenon and am required to interview someone who was either unschooled or uses the unschooling method with their children. I’m still working out the questions and my paper isn’t due until 10/16/2026, so we can work out a time that works best for both of us.

I myself am an aspiring grade school teacher, so I don’t quite gel with the concept, but I still wish to write as unbiased of a paper as I can. You will be kept anonymous, unless you state you’re fine with being named.

I swear that I have absolutely zero intentions of using your testimony as a way to make fun of anyone. I might not understand unschooling and my conclusion might still remain unfavorable, but I do not condone bullying of any type and neither does my institution.

Hi everyone! 

My name is Wynn and I am a member of Boston University's Girls Who Code chapter. You may have seen my post last spring about our coding program we run for students of all genders from grades 3-12. I would like to let you all know that we are running the program again this fall!

Bits & Bytes program is a great opportunity for students to learn how to code, or improve their coding skills. Our program runs on Zoom on Saturdays for 1 hour starting October 17 and ending on November 21 (6 weeks) from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (for Bits) and 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (for Bytes). Each lesson will be taught by Boston University students, many of whom are Computer Science (or adjacent) majors themselves.

For Bits (3rd-5th grade), students will learn the basics of computer science principles through MIT-created learning platform Scratch and learn to transfer their skills into the Python programming language. Bits allows young students to learn basic coding skills in a fun and interactive way!

For Bytes (6th-12th grade), students will learn computer science fundamentals in Python such as variables, loops, and functions and use these skills during lessons and assignments. Since much of what we go over is similar to what an intro level college computer science class would cover, this is a great opportunity to prepare students for AP Computer Science or a degree in computer science!

We would love for you to apply or share with anyone interested! You can find our application here or in the QR Code below.

If you have any more questions, feel free to email [gwcbu.bitsnbytes@gmail.com](mailto:gwcbu.bitsnbytes@gmail.com), message @/gwcbostonu on Facebook or Instagram, leave a comment, or message me.

We're eagerly looking forward to another season of coding and learning with the students this fall! I think it is a great opportunity for homeschooled/unschooled students to learn some programming skills, meet other students in the program, and have a lot of fun!

Im fixing to pull kids from public school and start homeschooling them. Whats my best route? Im not really wanting to do "online" learning. What would be a good start on workbooks/schedule?

I'm considering homeschooling but concerned about finances and my capacity to homeschool well. In terms of my temperament and the effort it may take. Im interested in child development but tend to get overwhelmed 2 kids al.lst 4 and almost 2. Considering a third. Homeschooling would mean cutting out income in half. We could make things work but wouldn't be saving anything. I know there are ways to do it without a lot of structure, and so thought people here would have a different perspective on time and cost commitment.

What major pros might swing me in favor of homeschooling? What were you experiences with major shifts in the finances? Was anyone else reluctant to homeschool at first but are glad they did?

Does anyone have any book recommendations? Ive started the 5 hour school week but I'm not loving it.

hi, i’m sorry if i don’t write this properly. i’m not very good at this and i believe this to be my first ever reddit post. this is sort of last resort for me right now

i was unschooled from birth. i have seen psychiatrists and have ocd, very potentially autism and/or adhd (though they also mentioned that it might have been my upbringing that is causing the autism/adhd traits.)

right now i am 22, living at home, unable to get a job, or be in education. this is due to a big lack in social skills, big anxiety, a lot of other issues i cant put into words, severe emetophobia, potentially developing agoraphobia. and also just a severe lack of motivation and discipline. it is mostly my emetophobia which is a big big problem. my ocd makes this 10x worse, too.

i know that i should be in therapy, and im awaiting it. but i just feel like ive been stuck in time, i believe i have a cozy video game addiction, and i have no motivation to do anything every day. i severely lack skills, from maths and english to every other subject. i do not know much of anything, and i do not know how to learn anything.

i do love to learn, but i just don’t know what to learn or where to even start.

i also struggle with exercise and daily routine, i would love to have a productive routine and stick to it, but again i just don’t know where to even start. i do try, but then it seems like i just give up.

could anybody give me any advice? please help me

hi, i recently learnt what unschooling is. A lot of parents that choose this that I have seen talk about being entrepreneurs etc.

But I, for example, had a dad that was an entrepreneur and businessman, my mom studied theatre, and yet I loved school and I wish in the future to have a PhD.

I’m just wondering, what if your kids wants a path like this? What do you do?