What the research REALLY says about home education (from every angle you care about)
The clearest picture yet of how home educated children are actually doing - socially, academically, emotionally, and long-term - based on the best research we have.
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How to handle every question you’ll get this Christmas (a complete guide for home educators)
A clear, supportive guide to the holiday moments that tend to spike insecurity for home educating parents, with simple ways to stay centred, calm, and confident.
The two OTHER ways home educated kids can miss out (and how to make sure they don't)
Without the right experiences, home educated kids can grow up unsure of how to navigate systems and bureaucracy (which are everywhere in adulthood), and without the (right kind of) resilience that will let them take on hard things. In this episode, you’ll learn how to close those gaps.
Four ways home educated children can miss out (and how to make sure they don't)
Leaving school behind is freeing, but it’s only the beginning. What comes next is learning how to rebuild the right kind of structure, pressure, and connection from the ground up.
How to raise a self-driven, motivated child (without being their TEACHER)
We’ve all been taught how to teach - to explain, correct, and manage. But no one ever showed us how to coach. This episode walks through exactly how to make that shift so your child’s motivation starts coming from within (rather than from you).
Why "teaching" your child backfires (and what to do instead)
Over a century ago, we aligned “good teaching” with “good people management.” But the roots of that approach - and why we’ve held onto it - are shocking. This episode traces the history of it all, why it’s still killing motivation in our children, and what we can do instead.