The Unschooling Life

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Extras with Sandra Dodd

Clips from interviews with Sandra Dodd that didn't get put elsewhere.

Apr 3 2015
19 min

Extra Bits

Extra bits and pieces that didn't get included anywhere else.

Apr 2 2015
14 min

Healing

Unschooling can repair damage done by traditional parenting and schooling approaches.

Mar 24 2015
19 min

Laughter

While my kids were in school, we could easily go several days without laughing together. When we were unschooling, hardly an hour would go by without at least a giggle.

Mar 21 2015
16 min

Siblings

How does unschooling affect sibling dynamics?

Mar 17 2015
17 min

The Word Unschooling

Where did it come from? And where is it going?

Mar 13 2015
17 min

Gaps and Being "Behind"

Sometimes people worry that, if children don’t follow a set curriculum, they will have gaps in their education, or that they will be behind. Is this a valid concern?

Feb 17 2015
16 min

Hard Times

What do unschoolers do when they encounter hard times?

Feb 13 2015
15 min

Single Parents

For many people, unschooling as a single parent would be way too hard. But today we hear from some “solo mums” who are unschooling successfully, with joy, learning, abun

Feb 4 2015
15 min

Relatives

When relatives don’t support unschooling… what then?

Feb 3 2015
16 min

Dads

What about dads?

Feb 2 2015
16 min

Quitting

Quitting and learning; learning and quitting.

Jan 26 2015
17 min

Sex Ed

How do unschoolers handle sex education?

Jan 21 2015
17 min

Travel

The flexibility of an unschooling lifestyle makes it possible for some families to travel and learn all over the world. It's hard not to be jealous of them, but maybe the

Jan 16 2015
16 min

Gever Tulley

Gever Tulley is the founder of Tinkering School and author of the book 50 Fangerous Things You Should Let Your Kid do. This is an extended recording of Gever talking abo

Jan 13 2015
15 min

Safety

Today we hear about danger and safety from Ben Hewitt, Sandra Dodd, Renee Cabatic, Gever Tulley and Lenore Skenazy.

Jan 13 2015
15 min

Global Change

Can unschooling make the world a better place?

Jan 7 2015
15 min

Personal Growth

One of the hidden benefits to unschooling is that it can help parents learn, heal and grow.

Jan 3 2015
16 min

When Unschooling Fails

Sometimes people say “Unschooling isn’t working for my child” or they say, "We tried unschooling but it didn’t work." This is the topic for today: When, why or how do

Dec 28 2014
15 min

Community

How do unschoolers find community?

Dec 22 2014
14 min