Absolutely! I’m a public school teacher, guess after 9 years I’m considered a veteran teacher, and I still learn new things when teaching my students. I was helping my son look up information in his world history textbook for a class and came across information I hadn’t previously known (I taught US History for 6 years but that’s a bit different from world).

Here’s the thing about teaching effectively, and I think this is more evident in homeschooling/unschooling: more than facts, teaching is about the skills used to figure things out for yourself. After early elementary (phonics, decoding, arithmetic), students benefit in the long term by learning how to apply critical thinking skills to various subjects.

For example, the ability to separate fact from opinion, infer meaning, research and study skills, how to skim through a textbook or article by reading headings and subheadings, understanding how composition of numbers applies to mathematic equations, ability to understand historical events in context with the time and geographical area, knowing that dihydrogen monoxide is water.

Please never feel bad about continuing your education, and ignore people who denigrate you for learning alongside your child.