Amanda Sharma joins me this week to share her fascinating perspective as a grown unschooler who is now unschooling her own children. We dive into her experience growing up unschooling, the process of choosing unschooling for her children and family, what she’s found challenging on the journey, her favourite thing about unschooling right now, and lots more.

Questions for Amanda

Can you share with us a bit about you and your family?

Growing up, what did your family’s move to unschooling look like?

What stands out for you as you look back on your own unschooling years?

As an unschooler turned unschooling parent, I’d love to hear about the process of choosing unschooling unfolded for you and your family.

What did you find to be the most challenging aspect of moving to unschooling and how did you work through it?

How do you see the idea of trust playing out in your unschooling lives? And how did that develop?

What’s your favourite thing about your unschooling lifestyle right now?

Links to things mentioned in the show

Amanda’s unschooling articles on Medium

John Holt’s book, Teach Your Own

Lucy AitkenRead’s podcast episode and her group, Parent Allies: the website, Facebook page, and Facebook group

Carol Black’s podcast episode

Amanda’s blog is at raisingunschoolers.com, and her Facebook page and group, and on Instagram

Episode Transcript

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