My teenage daughter is teaching me guitar and I'm teaching her to drive, but both of us are terrible students for each other because we can't separate the teaching from all our other family dynamics. She gets impatient with my slow progress and I get anxious about her safety, and we end up fighting about everything except what we're actually supposed to be learning.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parent and child are attempting to teach each other but their existing relational dynamics are interfering with their ability to create genuine learning spaces together.
“Where Are You with Teaching as learning — the teacher's examined life?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.