Episode 22: Your Child is Falling Behind
In this episode I’m talking more about something this podcast was literally born from: the idea of children falling behind where they should be.
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The Life Without School Podcast is your grounded, research-backed companion for homeschooling, unschooling, and raising your kids outside the system. Hosted by Issy (aka Stark Raving Dad), a home educating dad of four, each episode offers clear, honest guidance to help you build a life that works - for your child, and for you.
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Episode 21: Turning Around the “Ohhhh, You Homeschool?” Questions
In this episode I’m going to do something that might feel a bit uncomfortable. But if we want to move education forward in any real meaningful way, the kind of thinking I’m about to take you through is incredibly important. I’m going to take some of the...
Episode 20: Dear Grandparents
With so many families making the decision to leave the formal education system, and take their own path through life, it also means there are a whole lot of grandparents out there going… Hold on, what’s happening here?! We have a comprehensive, effective school system designed specifically to educate...
Episode 19: We’re Looking at Education All Wrong
The globally accepted definition of education is children being taught, and learning, in a classroom setting. But is that interesting, and inspiring? Will it help our children become independent, life-long learners, and the best version of themselves? Today, together, we’re going to give education a new definition. We’re...
Episode 18: The Big Home Education Questions Everyone Asks
Will your children be sheltered? How will you educate them properly if you’re not a qualified teacher? How will they get a good job when they grow up? Everyone who chooses a life without school will hear these kinds of questions at some point. They’ll come from friends,...
Episode 17 (Q&A): Comparing Your Children To Others | Slow Life Seasons | Explaining Home Ed to Your Kids
Welcome back to another question and answer episode, where we take questions from the home education community and chat our way though them. I really love working through this episode each month, because your questions always reflect the struggles, the worries, and the hopes and dreams, of so many of...