November 30, 2018
This week, my teenage daughter Sophie (17) joins me to talk about:
- How she balances her busy unschooling life with work
- Why it's important to trust kids and not squash their ambitions
- Why she is choosing not to go to university
- Sophie's dream to be self-employed and how she plans to achieve it
- How a lot of people react when they hear Sophie is working full time in a cafe
- NaNoWriMo events and making friends
- How we need to believe in our kids and cheer them on
Show Notes
Podcasts
Episode 133, A Balanced and Productive Unschool Life
Episode 139, Unschool Socialisation: Making Friends, Being Different
Instagram
Sophie Elvis
thetechnomaid
tough.turtle
Sue Elvis
stories_ofan_unschoolingfamily
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November 16, 2018
This week, I'm talking about things that are sometimes difficult:
- Letting kids do what they want even if there is a risk of failure
- Taking risks so that we continue to learn
- Not pushing kids to use their talents
- Balancing the role of school teacher with that of unschooling father
- Talking to reluctant spouses about a desire to unschool
- Listening and building up trust
- Writing a 50,000-word novel
- Losing a child
- Reaching out to those who are grieving
Show Notes
Pam Laricchia's Podcast
Exploring Unschooling
Episode 150 of the Exploring Unschooling Podcast: Stories of an Unschooling Family with Sue Elvis
Novel Writing
NaNoWriMo
Instagram
stories_ofan_unschoolingfamily
Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoy my podcast, please consider sharing the link so we can spread the word about unschooling. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment about anything I talked about in this episode. Or just stop by and say hello. And join me on Instagram!
November 2, 2018
This week, I'm talking about unschooling and friends.
- Is it sometimes difficult for unschoolers to find kindred spirit friends because we're different?
- What if our kids don't have many friends?
- If someone doesn't want to be our friend, is there something wrong with us?
- How do you become a cool kid?
- Should we pretend to be someone we're not so that we'll be accepted and have friends?
- Or is it better to be ourselves?
- Do we need lots of friends in order to learn good communication skills and how to get on with other people?
- Or maybe some 'socialised' people who have no trouble talking don't actually have many communication skills?
Of course, some unschoolers may be part of big unschooling groups and have no trouble finding like-minded friends!
I'm also talking about
- NaNoWriMo and friends
- My unschooling book
- How I stepped outside my comfort zone and had an exciting adventure!
Show Notes
Podcast
Episode 48: Do Unschoolers Mind Being Different
Novel Writing
NaNoWriMo
Video
Gemma-Rose (9) Talks about Novel Writing
Pam Laricchia's Podcast
Exploring Unschooling
Instagram
stories_ofan_unschoolingfamily
Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoy my podcast, please consider sharing the link so we can spread the word about unschooling. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment about anything I talked about in this episode. Or just stop by and say hello. And join me on Instagram!
