Your child may not “focus” the way you want right now. But they are paying attention. To beauty. To tension. To sound and movement. To how you respond. To what matters most in your home.

Kids don’t always recognize learning in the moment, especially when it feels passive. When students are told what to memorize and when to regurgitate it for a test, learning feels like a hoop, not a doorway.

A recent Pew Research study found that nearly half of teenagers say they're online “almost constantly.” Not sometimes. Not often. Constantly. That word should stir something in us. Because while tech might promise connection, constant connection to a screen isn't the connection kids are craving.