About Life Prep Curriculum

Where academic excellence meets real-world readiness -> because your teen deserves to graduate truly prepared for life

here's the thing.

I spent years watching capable teens shut down the second something felt like school. Watching parents get stuck between "this matters" and "I can't force this."

So I stopped designing curriculum that looked impressive on paper and started building stuff that actually worked in the wild.

The kind of learning that doesn't feel like learning. That builds confidence before consequences show up. That makes teens go "wait, this is actually useful" instead of "why do I need to know this."

what I do now.

I create life skills curriculum that bridges the gap between academic standards and real-world application. (Because yes, you can teach budgeting and hit math standards. Wild, I know.)

I work in workforce development, where I see what happens when people hit adulthood without the foundational skills we assumed they'd "just pick up."

And I run Life Prep Curriculum for parents who know life skills matter — but don't know how to make them matter to their teen without starting a fight.

what makes this different.

This isn't about lectures or consequences or "preparing them for the real world" rhetoric that makes everyone tense.

It's about relevance. Buy-in. Teaching skills in a way that actually sticks because teens see the point.

I design everything through what I call the Standards to Life™ Framework — real academic rigor, zero busy work, and everything built around questions teens actually want answered.

It's trauma-informed. Neurodivergent-inclusive. PDA-friendly.

And it works without power struggles.

who this is for.

You, if:

You're raising a teen (neurodivergent or not) and adulthood is coming faster than you expected
You know life skills matter but you're not sure where to start
You're tired of things turning into fights
You want your teen to feel confident, not just compliant

You're not behind. Your teen isn't broken.

This just doesn't have to be harder than it already is.

what you'll find here.

Curriculum that teaches cooking, budgeting, time management, health literacy, career prep — the stuff that actually matters — without dumbing it down or making it feel like baby steps.

Everything is:

Investigation-based (not lecture-based)
Aligned to standards (so it counts)
Built for real buy-in (not compliance)
Designed to work even when executive function is not cooperating

No fluff. No filler. No "someday this will matter" energy.

Just clear, practical support for the skills that build confidence before adulthood gets expensive.

I'm not here to convince you.

I'm here to make this easier.

If that sounds like what you need right now — you're in the right place.

A growing curriculum library filled with standards-aligned, ready-to-use resources for teaching real-world skills that actually count toward academic credit.

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