"I thought you had to be exceptional & special and then opportunities would come to you. I didn’t really understand that no, you just be open to oppor...

“Most of my education has been post-school...I thought it would be great if we could skip that whole interlude of wasted time and just get to the impo...

"They say “oh you know, you need to keep exposing him to these situations that make him uncomfortable so that he builds resilience.” But he’s just bui...

“I was seriously thinking about going into year ten and then doing VCE...but at the same time I felt like it was almost a waste of time to do three ex...

"If you look at what a child is doing in school at the same year level it’s not as big or as overwhelming as it might seem at the start, so sometimes ...

"It is good to balance out, just like a diet, if you do too much in the head then my opinion is that you have very smart people who can’t relate to an...

“I can’t believe I ever thought that I would be unqualified to be a homeschooling mum. You’ve got it all there, and there’s no one better qualified, t...

“I really just want them to be okay with themselves, whatever that means. I want them to get to the end of their teens with as little trauma as possib...

“My husband and I were both doing really interesting work, we’ve often had jobs that are really flexible, where we spend time in different countries.....

“When I was at school and uni, or in the workforce that’s drummed into you that you’re a failure if you don’t meet expectations and come every day to ...