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I’m a classroom teacher (M.Ed., early childhood) and a mother of four. Raise Wildflowers came out of years of watching the same things: children who were overloaded, parents who were asking for permission the culture wouldn’t give, and me on the other side of the table trying to be honest about both.
A master’s in early childhood, a decade and a half in preschool and early elementary, and the four small people at my table who make sure the theory doesn’t get too tidy.
The Founder Essays on this page, Field Notes on Substack, and day-to-day mess on Instagram. The letter is the slow, honest one about what’s actually shifted in our house.