Twin Tested Life

What makes you feel nostalgic?

What makes me feel nostalgic is thinking about my kids future and the choices we are making now about how to raise them. Lately I have been seeing a lot of “raising 90’s kids” content and honestly my husband and I were already thinking along those same lines. Especially when it comes to technology and what childhood should feel like. We are trying to keep our home relatively screen free while they are little.

Growing up boredom meant finding things to do outside and learning how to enjoy quiet. The kind of quiet that existed before technology became what it is today feels strange to think about now but I believe it carried a certain calmness. That calm taught me how to sit with myself to notice my surroundings and to let imagination fill the gaps. It is something I hope my kids get to experience too.

I still have old CDs and VHS tapes from my childhood and we plan to let them use those. They will learn how to plug things in themselves how to care for their belongings and how to slow down with what they have. I hope it gives them space to build big imaginations and a sense of curiosity that is not constantly interrupted.

I do carry fears about raising kids in a digital world especially with things like AI and scammers. I know I will have to teach my kids how to be smart and cautious online but I want to keep the internet away from them for as long as I reasonably can. I hope to protect them until they are old enough to truly understand how revealing and dangerous the internet can be.

Homeschooling makes that feel more possible. It gives us more control over what they are exposed to and allows me to be intentional about when and how technology is introduced. It is one of the many reasons my husband and I felt drawn to that path. More than anything I am excited to teach them. Not just academics but knowledge about life itself. The kind of learning that happens slowly through curiosity conversations mistakes and quiet moments.

I hope one day they look back and remember a childhood that felt calm safe imaginative and full

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