This week, we’re diving into a question that comes up pretty regularly, not just from people new to unschooling but also from extended family and friends when they see our parenting choices in action: Won’t unschooling spoil a child?
We look at four examples of parenting behaviours or actions, the typical conventional and unschooling motivations behind them, and what the child is likely learning along the way:
- giving our children material things
- doing what our children want
- not punishing “negative” behaviours
- responding quickly to our children’s distress
AUDIO CLIPS TAKEN FROM THESE EPISODES …
EU094: A Muddy Life with Ellen Rowland
EU089: Ten Questions with Jan Hunt
THINGS WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE
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