Your go-to library for living a life without school. Highly focused, research-backed episodes that tackle real questions and challenges as they come up, helping you build a version of home education that works for your unique family. New episodes landing weekly, only available right here.
Home educated siblings spend a lot of time together, and it can feel like ALL they do is fight. Here, I look at whether school would actually improve their relationship, what usually causes these arguments, how to reduce some of them, and how to help children handle many of their own disagreements.
Home educating CAN make your child too dependent on you, but probably not for the reasons you think. In this episode, I show you where and how healthy support can tip into over-helping, and how to raise a child who stays close to you while still developing a healthy independence.
Child-led learning is one of the strongest foundations we can build a life without school on, but it does have limits. In this episode, I look at the tricky middle ground between trusting your child’s lead and knowing when they need you to step in.
Home education makes us face a LOT of questions. In this episode, I answer fourteen of the big ones, covering everything from workbooks, writing and gaming to high school, university, conflict, deschooling, and the constant fear that you might not be doing enough.
Most of us accept what school asks children to cover without ever asking if they really need it. So, let's ask. In this episode, I clearly show the literacy, numeracy and scientific understanding most people need in life, and why 13 years spent building every possible academic foundation is crazy.
Home education can often turn into a frustrating standoff between parent and child. In this episode, I talk through why most of the common advice on this won’t help you much, the real dynamic causing these battles, and a clear way to solve most of them for good.
