The Life Without School Podcast
Stark Raving Dad
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About This Podcast
The Life Without School Podcast is your grounded, research-backed companion for homeschooling, unschooling, and raising your kids outside the system.
Hosted by Issy (aka Stark Raving Dad), a home educating dad of four, each episode offers clear, honest guidance to help you build a life that works - for your child, and for you.
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Recent Episodes
When Our Unschooler Tried School
What actually happens when an unschooler decides they want to try school?In this episode, I’m sharing the story of our 9-year-old daughter choosing to go to school. Before that day, she had never…
Why home educating is the most important work there is
I want to put something to you. If you’ve chosen to home educate your children - whatever form that takes, however structured or unstructured you are - there’s a good chance you’re not valuing…
What every parent MUST know about the AI Generation
For all of human history, childhood has been a time of preparation for an adulthood you could see, and understand, and picture yourself living.You could look ahead and see the kind of adult you were…
How Do I Know Home Education Is Working?
In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the biggest questions home educating families face: how do I know this whole thing is actually working?I explore:Why the “gaps” in your child’s learning might be…
The Only Home Ed Resolutions You Need This Year
In this episode, I'm digging deep into what could be the most important commitments we make as home educators this year. I explore:How to confidently reject any and all expectations that don't serve…
Finding Balance With Screens
In this episode, I’m digging deep into one of the biggest challenges facing homeschooling families today: finding balance with tech and screen time.I explore:What the latest research really says…
Don't Believe These Unschooling Myths
In this episode, I spend some time examining three common perceptions that are unique to unschooling:That unschooling is 'unparenting'That unschooling will create lazy childrenAnd that unschooling…
You Are Enough
In this episode, I'm sharing six ways you can overcome any feelings you have about not being 'enough' as a home educating parent. Not smart enough, organised enough, social enough, qualified…
Your Child Is Falling Behind
In this episode I'm talking more about something this podcast was literally born from: the idea of children falling behind where they should be.First, I talk about how the world generally views…
Turning Around The "Ohhhh, You Homeschool?" Questions
In this episode I'm going to do something that might feel a bit uncomfortable. But if we want to move education forward in any real meaningful way, the kind of thinking I’m about to take you through…
Dear Grandparents
With so many families making the decision to leave the formal education system and take their own path through life, it also means there are a whole lot of grandparents out there going...Hold on,…
We're Looking At Education All Wrong
The definition of education is being taught, and the learning that results from it. A process that happens, for a child, in a classroom.But if you read that a couple of times, does it sound…
The Big Home Education Questions Everyone Asks
Will your children be sheltered? How will you educate them properly if you're not a qualified teacher? How will they get a good job when they grow up?Everyone who chooses a life without school will…
Monthly Q&A: Comparing Your Children To Others | Slow Life Seasons | Explaining Home Ed to Your Kids
We're back with another question and answer episode, where I take a few of your questions and talk my way through them. I really love working on this episode each month, because your questions always…
On Being Their Coach, Not Their Teacher
Today, I want to talk about why I believe it’s so important that we - as home educating parents - play the role of coach, and mentor, and guide to our children. I want to take you through the simple,…
How To Make This Your Best Home Educating Year Yet
Happy New Year, everyone! The Life Without School Podcast is BACK.For the very first episode of 2022, I’m taking you through seven things that will help set your family up for the best possible home…
The Gratitude Episode
The global home educating community has grown like crazy in 2021. More families are choosing a life without school than ever before, and it’s never been more important - as we go into the new year -…
De-schooling Your Way To Educational Freedom
In this episode I want to help you build your de-schooling muscle. The process of taking everything you know about education, wiping your mental slate as clean as possible, and coming at the whole…
On Motivating Our Children / On Their Adult Opinion Of Home Ed / On Sudden Life Changes
Welcome back to another question and answer episode - where I take some time to dig into things you all want to hear more about it. They might be things you’re personally struggling with, or worried…
You Are Not Your Child's Teacher
Home educating parents often put a huge amount of pressure on themselves to perform the role of being a teacher, and in this episode I want to talk through why I believe the stress, tension, and…
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The Life Without School Podcast has published 30 episodes since September 2021, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.
The Life Without School Podcast is currently active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 27m.
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