Imagine a childhood built on a foundation of choice and meaning. A childhood with the time and space you need to follow your interests and… Read More »Imagine a childhood built on a foundation of choice and meaning
We can bundle our children into small rooms and push what someone has decided they should know at them, or we can open a door… Read More »Unschooling can end ‘the way things have always been done’
The statistics vary, but somewhere between 70% and 85% of people globally are unhappy in their job. That means most working people spend most of… Read More »Why are generations of children growing up believing it’s normal to work without meaning?
This is a super common worry for parents – unschooling and homeschooling seem great through childhood, but what will the impact of this path be… Read More »Will Unschooling or Homeschooling My Child Limit Their Options As An Adult? [VIDEO]
One of the most common questions we’re asked is: Where do you sit on the homeschooling — unschooling — radical unschooling spectrum? I dig through… Read More »Homeschooling vs Unschooling vs Radical Unschooling [VIDEO]
“Albert Einstein went through the school system, and the rest is history. Can you imagine how different the story might have been if his parents… Read More »Thank goodness Albert Einstein wasn’t unschooled!
You will make mistakes. You will have regrets. You will question yourself. You will drop the ball. You will blame yourself. You will surprise yourself.… Read More »You will make mistakes, you will have regrets, and you will be ok
Imagine a child or teenager running home and proudly announcing to their parents that they’d failed a test that day. Silly thought, of course. From… Read More »Helping our children embrace failure
“Hey, how are you?!”“I’m good – busy though! What about you?”“Yeah, good, been pretty busy as well!” That word has become a badge of honour.… Read More »We need to take off our busy badge
Back when our kids were in school our eldest son – a gentle, caring soul – gave his mum a much tighter hug than he… Read More »Our children spend over 14,000 hours in a classroom
