Summer Jean describes how growing up unschooled shaped her ideas of work, freedom, and value. She explains how her mother’s focus on connection over control helped her develop confidence in her own sense of rightness. The episode contrasts inner conviction with productivity as a measure of worth.

🗓️ Recorded October 16, 2025. 📍 Tarragona, Spain

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• https://www.facebook.com/mermaidartglass/
• https://www.instagram.com/summerisafairy/
• https://www.instagram.com/andanzasanpancho/
• https://www.instagram.com/mermaidartglass/
• https://www.etsy.com/shop/mermaidartglass 

🔗 Books by John Taylor Gatto

• https://www.amazon.com/Dumbing-Down-Curriculum-Compulsory-Schooling-ebook/dp/B072F9VRZP 
• https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Mass-Instruction-Schoolteachers-Compulsory-ebook/dp/B0097DE6XI 
• https://www.amazon.com/Underground-History-American-Education-Investigation/dp/0998919101/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto 

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