On letting go of how we thought things (and our children) would be
Or, how loss is part of parenting (and illness).
a life unschooled
A guide to challenging cultural norms around children's autonomy, consent, mothering, care work and education from a lens of unschooling and collective liberation.
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The limits of our politics: Children Are People
A non-exhaustive list of how otherwise progressive adults justify their hatred of children.
Once an unschooler, always an unschooler
Is unschooling bigger than what we do with our children?
Spring Reading!
All About Care
Unschooling is how the imagining is brought to life
It's not perfect, but we can't build a better world without first dreaming of it
Children are not one essential thing except perhaps sacred
Or, how we build systems and then expect children to fit inside of them. And also, how the way we treat children is a measure of who we are.
I turned 44, and some News
Everything will be free, and also I would love your support if you can.
The stories we tell ourselves about why we do what we do
In other words: why am I unschooling?
New Year, New Reading!
What I'm Reading in Jan & Feb
'Tis the season for people-pleasing
And we're not gonna be doing that.
The right time is never
And a little bit on my self-directed reading plans (for me!)
It's Political
CHAPTER 17: The Final Chapter.
Greta Thunberg and the adult gaze
The ways we turn children into who we want them to be
Our children are not ours.
It's actually a good thing.
OCTOBER BOOK GROUP: We Grow the World Together
Open to Everyone :)
'But how will they get a job' and other things we worry about
And also, who will WE be when our children grow up?
Is unschooling inherently liberatory?
Let's chat about Raising Free People.
"I can't wait for them to go back to school"
How do we call out adultism without shaming parents?
AUGUST BOOK GROUP: Raising Free People by Akilah S. Richards
What does it mean to raise free young people?
The art of low-demand parenting
My chat with Eliza Fricker