The road to Kalipay
We didn't start here.
Just like you, we had to find our own way.
To find something that would actually work for us,
we tried many that didn't.
In fact, none of them really worked,
and that was incredibly frustrating.
For one reason or another,
the options in front of us just weren't right.
Has this ever happened to you?
So we did what we had to do
and decided to create it.
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It was like this for us...
It all started with two little ones,
two very different sides of the same coin,
each with very particular characteristics and needs, but in the end...
two who didn't seem to fit in at all where they were, which, as a mother, breaks your heart.
One of them restless, curious, inquisitive, challenging... wanted (and needed) more than he received from the traditional system.
The other highly sensitive, analytical, reserved...
who required a more patient and empathetic approach, away from the rush and bustle of a classroom focused on ticking activities off a list.
Your children may be similar to mine,
maybe they are completely different,
but you are here, so I can conclude
that Neither of them fit the mold of the model student.
The pilgrimage
We thought that perhaps the system at THAT school wasn't the right one,
and we did what most people do: change schools.
With each change,
we hoped the next one would be the final one.
For a long time, we told ourselves,
"This time it's for real"
(as has surely happened to you),
we were sure that we would finally find the right option.
One, hope...
and another, disappointment...
and another, disillusionment...
7 schools,
more if we count those where they only visited
to see if, finally, the system worked for them...
total heartbreak.
All with different methodologies, teaching philosophies, and ways of working, and yet...
None of them worked.
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The "solutions"...
Of course, we didn't just rely on our own opinion;
we complied with all the requests:
neurological studies, psychologists, workshops (for children and parents, obviously)
but none of it was enough, because in the end,
even though all the studies proved that they were both fine,
that there was no problem,
when the specialists even suggested in their results
useful ways to work with them...
upon arriving at a new school,
these papers were filed away in a new drawer
and the litany began again:
“Ma'am, this child needs medication”
“He'll get used to it, let him cry”
“You should put him in a military school to “adjust” his behavior.”
Does this sound familiar?
The understanding
I truly believe
it's not that the traditional approach doesn't work; there were many good experiences,
teachers who stepped up and accepted the challenge... and many who didn't;
and that's understandable, it's not their fault.
If attending to one child is complicated,
the task of working with 20 of them individually
is almost impossible.
So I understood,
as perhaps you already have,
that the system worked for me,
but it didn't necessarily have to work for everyone,
and for my children...
it was clear that it definitely
didn't work at all.
So... that's how it would be?
Were those the only options?
Medicate them
or break them
to make them fit?
NO.
Of course not.
The decision
And it was here that it was wonderful to understand... that there will always be options.
If the paths before us weren't an option,
we would open a new one.
Would that be easy?
Of course not,
but they say that
"things don't need to be easy, just possible."
And it was possible,
and if not...
we were fully prepared to work
and fight to make it possible.
And it was!
And trust me,
It will be for you too!
And do you know the best part?
That you don't have to walk this path alone...
I've already walked it first,
and I'd be delighted to walk it with you.
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Tell me how
Let's talk