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EU149: Deschooling with Tatiana Plechenko

November 8, 2018 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Tatiana Plechenko is an unschooling mom with two children. I met Tatiana online pretty early in her unschooling journey and then had the pleasure of connecting with her in person a few times at unschooling events. We have a really fun conversation, diving into her deschooling experience, including her most challenging area, how her relationships with […]

EU126: Q&A Round Table

May 31, 2018 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This month, Anna Brown and I treat you to an extra long Q&A episode as we finish up the remaining questions! We dive into questions around the challenge of deschooling while holding tight to your fears, engaging with the unschooling community before having kids of your own, the decision to unschool, the transformational impact of shifting […]

EU123: Unschooling and Food Round Table

May 10, 2018 By Pam Laricchia 6 Comments

This week on the podcast I’m trying something new: a round table discussion on a single topic. Questions around food are very common as people are deschooling and contemplating releasing control over their children’s food choices and Sylvia Woodman, Jo Isaac, and Meredith Novak join me to talk all things food. I hope you find […]

EU109: Unschooling Stories with Sylvia Woodman

February 1, 2018 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Sylvia Woodman joins me on the podcast this week, sharing some of her wonderful unschooling stories. Her children, ages thirteen and eleven, have never been to school. We chat about how she discovered unschooling, ways to create an environment in which natural learning thrives, how unschooling has been healing and liberating, technology, and lots more. […]

EU108: Q&A Round Table

January 25, 2018 By Pam Laricchia 1 Comment

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown join Pam to answer listener questions. This month we dig into questions around the challenge of meeting the needs of everyone in the family, the conventional idea that you shouldn’t do things for your children that they can do for themselves, the interplay of releasing control over food and the […]

EU091: Q&A Round Table

September 28, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown join me to answer listener questions. This month we dive into the the bigger picture of buying toys, negotiating boundaries, highly sensitive children and therapy, and feeling stuck around food and health concerns. Click here to submit your own question to the Q&A Round Table! Quote of the Week “My priority is the connection, […]

EU073: Q&A Round Table

May 25, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown join me to answer listener questions. Click here to submit your own question to the Q&A Round Table! Quote of the Week “The thing about thinking unschooling is about releasing parental controls, is this: I feel there is no release at all unless the parent believes they have the power to release control.” […]

EU063: Gentle Parenting with Shannon Loucks

March 16, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Shannon is an unschooling mom to two great kids, and they are a Canadian family transplanted in California for seven years now—an interesting adventure all on its own! She shares her perspective on unschooling and gentle parenting on her website, breakingdaylight.org, because “happy childhoods are built on peaceful parents.” Quote of the Week “Turning toward parenting […]

EU052: Q&A Round Table

December 29, 2016 By Pam Laricchia 4 Comments

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown, both veteran unschooling parents, join me to answer listener questions. Click here to submit your own question to the Q&A Round Table! Quote of the Week “[There is] so much you can do to support and honor their game playing by showing an interest in all of it, even if you don’t like […]

EU047: Q&A Round Table

November 24, 2016 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown, both veteran unschooling parents, join me to answer listener questions. Click here to submit your own question to the Q&A Round Table! Quote of the Week “Unfortunately most people are convinced that when control fails it’s because they didn’t control enough.” ~ Joyce Fetteroll Listener Questions Aparajita’s Question Hi, I have an almost 3 […]

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