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09: Choosing Your Child's School With Intention

09: Choosing Your Child's School With Intention

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 Welcome to another episode of Heart & Hustle! Follow us for more and let us know where you found us!!Tati: • IG - ⁠@tationathomas⁠• TikTok - ⁠@tati_thomas⁠Travis:• IG - ⁠@timefortravis⁠• TikTok - ⁠@thejuicebeloose⁠YouTube: ⁠LINK🔑 Key Takeaways For Listeners✅ Don’t default to your zoned school. Be intentional. Interview schools as if you’re hiring a co-parent.Values first, logistics second. Define what matters most: discipline style, communication, play, diversity, flexibility.✅ Ask better questions. Use a written list: conflict/discipline policy, teacher-student ratio, outside/play time, attendance policy, communication, screen time, and staff background checks.✅ Environment matters. A child’s surroundings shape mindset, confidence, and long-term behavior.✅ Blend the best of every model. Their daughter’s school combines the strengths of public (diversity + social skills), private (standards + structure), homeschool (personalization), and Montessori (choice + leadership).✅ Find teachers who keep learning. Continuous education in child psychology and gentle discipline creates healthier classrooms.✅ Community over capacity. Great schools don’t fill seats—they curate aligned families.✅ Look for project-based learning. Entrepreneurial, real-world “quests” (like building a lemonade stand) teach communication, marketing, and resilience early.✅ Parent involvement = emotional connection. Be part of your child’s world; volunteer, mentor, or share your expertise.✅ Build your family calendar around family, not work. Freedom comes from designing life intentionally.✅ Teach your kids to lead, not conform. Schools should raise thinkers, not rule followers.✅ Action step: Create your own list of 10 non-negotiables for your child’s education and schedule 2–3 school tours this month.In this powerful episode, Tati and Travis open up about one of their biggest parenting decisions yet—choosing their daughter’s school - and the deeper values that guided every step. This isn’t just about education; it’s about designing your child’s foundation, environment, and emotional future with intention.• They break down how they approached school selection like a major life decision and not just “signing up where we’re zoned.” Discussing how most parents default to the nearest public school, often without realizing how much that single choice impacts daily routines, confidence, social skills, and long-term growth. • They created an entire “School Tour Question List” that went viral online, helping thousands of parents ask better questions. Topics included discipline policies, teacher-student ratios, outside play time, attendance flexibility for travel and mental health, screen-time use, staff background checks, and daily structure. The goal: to find a school that reflected their parenting philosophy, not fight against it.• They eventually discovered a unique learner-driven private school that blends the best of public, private, homeschool, and Montessori methods. The result? A balanced environment built on diversity, leadership, and real-world application. Kids of different ages collaborate, older students mentor younger ones, and every semester revolves around a “quest” - a hands-on projects like running a lemonade stand to learn entrepreneurship.• The episode also explores family dynamics: how intentional schooling ties into the freedom-based lifestyle Tati and Travis are building. From flexible attendance policies to “Fun Fridays” that reward goal completion. Their daughter’s education aligns with their family’s rhythm and not the other way around. Travis even shares how he now volunteers and speaks at the school, integrating his business experience directly into the classroom.• Ultimately, this conversation challenges parents to stop living on autopilot and start curating their family ecosystem, school included! The right environment doesn’t just teach kids facts; it shapes identity, work ethic, and worldview.
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