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RECAST: Unschooling the Holidays

December 19, 2019 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Anna Brown joins Pam to talk about navigating the holiday season through the lens of unschooling. As we move into the holiday season, things can get challenging. Maybe you’re deep into deschooling and questioning everything—including holiday traditions—to see how well they really fit your family. Maybe you’re the lone unschooling family and anticipating uncomfortable visits […]

EU153: Unschooling the Holidays with Pam and Anna

December 6, 2018 By Anna Brown Leave a Comment

Anna Brown joins Pam to talk about navigating the holiday season through the lens of unschooling. As we move into the holiday season, things can get challenging. Maybe you’re deep into deschooling and questioning everything—including holiday traditions—to see how well they really fit your family. Maybe you’re the lone unschooling family and anticipating uncomfortable visits […]

EU116: Growing Up Unschooling with Summer Jean

March 22, 2018 By Pam Laricchia 12 Comments

Summer Jean and I have a wonderful conversation about her experience growing up unschooling. We chat about how her mom came to unschooling, dealing with disapproval from extended family members, how her passion for glass art has unfolded, some of the common questions she gets when people learn she didn’t go to school and lots […]

EU097: Unschooling and Diversity with Erika Davis-Pitre

November 9, 2017 By Pam Laricchia 4 Comments

Erika Davis-Pitre joins me to talk about unschooling and diversity. She and her husband, Michael, have four now-adult children and they enjoyed unschooling for many years. Erika continues to speak at unschooling conferences all over the US, her favourite topics being unschooling teens, the joy of unschooling, and celebrating diversity through unschooling. We dive into the […]

EU064: Grandparents! with Sheila Baranoski

March 23, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Sheila is an unschooling mom of three, grandmother to two, and author of Dear Grandma: Your Grandkids Are Unschoolers. Sheila and I really enjoyed speaking specifically to grandparents this week. We dive into some of the questions that they may understandably have when they find out their grandchildren aren’t going to school, like how they’ll […]

EU059: Unschooling Dads with Rocco Laricchia

February 16, 2017 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Rocco Laricchia is an unschooling dad of three young adult children and is married to the show host, Pam! In this episode we talk about how he answered the typical kid questions at work, what he found challenging and what he enjoyed about unschooling, and what he appreciates most about unschooling our children. Quote of […]

EU051: Deschooling with Luminara King

December 22, 2016 By Pam Laricchia 3 Comments

Luminara King is a former Steiner-Waldorf teacher turned unschooling mom. She’s also the author of Unschooling – 7 Steps to Beginning the Journey and blogs at Living the Education Revolution. This week we have a great chat about her deschooling journey. Quote of the Week “I think that, as parents, we have to be very […]

How Do Unschooling Children Learn How to Act in Society?

September 26, 2013 By Pam Laricchia 1 Comment

Reader Question (paraphrased for length): I recently interacted with a family who are following unschooling principles. The biggest concern I see is the lack of discipline; and that children are not taught manners necessary to act in socially-acceptable ways in others’ homes. How do unschooled children learn manners so they know how to act in […]

Learning is Learning No Matter Your Age

April 24, 2013 By Pam Laricchia 4 Comments

… or helping the reluctant spouse/partner/other significant adult in your child’s life learn about unschooling. It’s pretty typical that one parent takes on the bulk of responsibility for the minutiae of day-to-day parenting. Maybe one parent is working out of the home and one parent is unschooling with the children, though there are lots of […]

When Negative Relatives Won’t Let Go

December 19, 2012 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Recently I talked about how you might choose to answer questions about unschooling from relatives during family visits. I thought it might be helpful to dig a bit more into ways you can deal with relatives who are more insistent about their negative viewpoint about your lifestyle: maybe when you change the subject, they look […]

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