Leaving Their Parents Shadows

When Worldschooled teens launch

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Hello friends,

Big apologies for taking a bit of a pause. SO. MUCH. IS. HAPPENING, my head is spinning. I want to write about it all. In the coming weeks I will tell the story of a misdiagnosis and misdosage with HRT and the ongoing 5 month saga that accompanied it, shaving my head (yes, I did), 3 months without Will (he is back in Mexico getting Friendship ready to sail), one of our best parenting decisions, what it was like to live in a hotel for 5 months, building a library in Cambodia and The Book update. If you're reading this and feeling overwhelmed, I concur. What initially presented as a 5-month slowdown after our AT thru-hike (and a work catch-up), with gym days and 8-hour nights of sleep, has spiraled into something more.

But, for today, let’s chat about what it looks like to leave the shadows of your parents as WorldSchooled teens and strike out as an unknown. Spoiler… it is a happy journey, and that’s not to say that WorldSchooled traveling teens are suffering. However, there comes a time when they need to find their way and their own identity beyond being a travel family, YouTuber, RV’er, Sailor, or whatever the family travel culture is. It is marvelous to watch it all unfold with Avalon, and we get to do it again in a year with Largo. There will be numerous writings about this process, as I know many of you want to know what life looks like on the other side of an alternative lifestyle choice.