Life Lessons

The Value of a Pop-Up and Other Worldschool Communities

Worldschool communities provide more than just activities -- the real value is the people you meet and the memories you share.

Challenges of Worldschooling Part 1: Goodbyes and Societal Confines

I glanced into the back seat and saw tears rolling down my 13-year-old’s face. My momma heart sank. Honestly, I had been pushing down...

Traveling Fulltime with Teens

We began our nomadic lifestyle when our kids were 8, 11, and 13… clearly in the tween stage, but in 2022 they leveled up into triple...

A Worldschooler's Graduation: Thoughts When Worldschooling and Traditional School Collide

Our eldest traveled fulltime with our family for four years... then decided to end his travels to attend high school & receive his diploma.

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Broken Bone: Triple Country Care Plan

Here's how we navigated a bone broken in the UK, surgically set in Greece, and final pin removal in Turkey. It can be done!

The Gift of Community

Sometimes we don’t know what we’re missing until we stumble into it. This happens all the time in our lives – think of the stories of...

Where Do I Find Worldschool Community?

Worldschoolers are a unique group of people and finding each other is a huge piece of how we establish social connections.

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Navigating the Needs of Nomadic Adolescents

When they were young: The Carlson kids started traveling when they were infants, sometimes just a few days old on their first road trip....

The Day I Sent Everyone to a Strip Mall

Seasoned travelers know that not everything goes to plan, even when you have done your research and plotted out the perfect schedule. For...