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EU119: Gaming and Growing Up Unschooling with Xander MacSwan

April 12, 2018 By Pam Laricchia 3 Comments

Xander MacSwan left school in the 5th grade when his parents—both professors in the University of Maryland’s College of Education—decided the best thing they could do was pull their kids out of school and start unschooling. We dive deep into Xander’s passion for video games, including the difference between gaming as part of deschooling and […]

EU118: Everything’s Connected with Nikole Verde

April 5, 2018 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Nikole Verde and I have a great conversation about how, with unschooling, everything’s connected. Nikole is the home ed columnist at JUNO Magazine and she’s been doing a fun series where she looks at how different topics—or subjects, from a more school-ish mindset—can weave into our unschooling lives. Eventually, we notice that all of those […]

EU106: Unschooling Connections with Kelly Callahan

January 11, 2018 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

My guest this week is Kelly Callahan, unschooling mom of two. Kelly is now four years into her unschooling journey, and I was excited to explore how unschooling has been weaving ever more deeply into their lives. We chat about how they began unschooling, her deschooling challenges, the connections she’s seen between unschooling and her work as a homeopathic […]

EU096: Ordinary Unschooling with Anna Brown and Pat Robinson

November 2, 2017 By Pam Laricchia 4 Comments

Anna Brown and Pat Robinson join me to chat about ordinary unschooling. They have both always unschooled their children—Anna’s daughters are about to turn 18 and 20, and Pat’s son is 16 years old. We talk about the idea of “unschooling success stories,” the impact of the conventional “independence agenda” which starts very young in […]

EU087: Q&A Round Table

August 31, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Anne Ohman and Anna Brown join me to answer listener questions. We dive into the seeming transition from following their interests to earning a living, how passionate kids engage with the world, partnering with our children around chores, and helping a child learn something that’s challenging for us. Click here to submit your own question to the […]

EU066: Ten Questions with Pushpa Ramachandran

April 6, 2017 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Pushpa is an unschooling mom of two in India. I have been reading her wonderful unschooling insights for a number of years and I love the glimpses into their unschooling lives that she shares. She’s also an experienced speech pathologist, working part-time from home. Quote of the Week “I can eloquently talk about it but […]

EU058: Unschooling as a Single Parent with Melissa

February 9, 2017 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Melissa is unschooling mom to a lively eight-year-old and, being a single parent, also works as a nanny to support them. In our conversation, she shares how they weave unschooling and her work as a nanny together, why she began an online community for single unschooling parents like her, and why her son chooses unschooling. Quote of […]

EU050: Choosing Unschooling with Roberto and Emily Lujano

December 15, 2016 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Roberto and Emily Lujano are unschooling their three children. Roberto approached me earlier this year about translating my book, Free to Learn, into Spanish. I really enjoyed working with him and wanted to learn more about his family’s unschooling experience. Quote of the Week “You are not trusting the process and you are not trusting […]

EU045: Unschooling on a Budget with Glenna McAulay

November 10, 2016 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Glenna McAulay is an unschooling mom of two daughters, and both she and her husband have a wonderful perspective on living the unschooling lifestyle within their means. We talk about the perspective shifts around money and choices that have helped us over the years, as well as share some ideas for low-cost unschooling. Quote of […]

EU035: Redefining Success with Jo Isaac

September 1, 2016 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

Jo Isaac is a zoologist turned science writer and unschooling mom to Kai. She, ten-year-old Kai, and her husband Brett, live and learn in Melbourne, Australia. Her path of learning and unschooling has taken a number of interesting twists and turns and I really enjoyed hearing about some of them as we chat about ways we […]

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