The Life Without School Podcast

By Stark Raving Dad

What's The Life Without School Podcast about?

Heyyyy, welcome to the Life Without School podcast by Stark Raving Dad! Here to help you and your children live the life *you* want to, not just the one you’re told you should.

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The Life Without School Podcast episodes:

03.22.2023
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 means you have no rules or structure whatsoeverIt’s a super interesting discussion that leads...
10.20.2022
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 enough... I wrote a post recently that started scratching...
06.29.2022
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 progress in childhood, and why it’s so problematic...
05.04.2022
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 is incredibly important....
03.31.2022
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, what’s happening here?! We have...
02.14.2022
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 interesting and inspiring? Does...
02.03.2022
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 be asked these kinds...
01.27.2022
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 reflect the struggles, the worries,...
01.20.2022
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,...
01.13.2022
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 educating year. These are...
12.30.2021
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 - to lift each...
12.14.2021
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 idea of how children learn as...
12.07.2021
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 about, or planning for...and...
11.30.2021
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 feelings of failure that...
11.21.2021
Every Child Has A Story To Tell
Asking our children to all learn the same things, at the same times, in the same groups, in the same spaces, with only the same ages… …is effectively asking them to become the same as everyone else. It’s asking them...
11.14.2021
Why Trusting Your Child Will Change Their Life
In this episode we're looking at a philosophy that underpins how Kate and I approach life with our kids, their education, and our relationships with them. It's very different to the way formal education is approached, and is based on...
11.07.2021
Monthly Q&A: On Growing Resilience / On Finding Time For Yourself / On Reluctant Dads
In this - the first of many episodes where I'll spend some time answering listener questions - I talk through: 1) How do you respond to people saying ‘life is hard - if you don’t force your child to do...
10.29.2021
A Week In Our Life Without School
A lot of you have asked for a day-in-the-life style episode, so...here it is! I think there's a stack of important context that should always be shared as part of this kind of conversation, though, so this episode is made...
10.22.2021
Four Strategies For When Home Education Feels Hard
This week I want to talk about what to do when this home education path starts feeling hard, because what we’re doing here isn’t easy. As parents, we’re taking on a huge responsibility by choosing to live a life without...
10.15.2021
How To Talk To Family And Friends About Home Education
One of the things we often underestimate when we decide to live a life without school - regardless of how excited about it we are - is how our family and friends will respond to it. How we’ll talk to...
10.09.2021
Designing Your Life Without School
In this week’s episode I want to talk about how a good home education lifestyle doesn’t just happen...it needs to be designed. Because it’s one thing to decide that a life without school is the right thing for your family,...
09.30.2021
Busting The Two Biggest Homeschooling Myths
For this episode I want to dig into two of the biggest misconceptions about home education that I, personally, have experienced over the years that I’ve been an unschooling dad. Despite it being a rapidly growing form of education, especially...
09.17.2021
How We Became A Home Educating Family
The very, very squiggly story of how we became a home educating family, including: • How we ended up at financial rock-bottom as 30 year olds (with two young children). • How despite that we’ve made it possible to always have...
09.01.2021
Introducing Life Without School (Prologue)
In this very first episode of the Life Without School podcast, I'm talking about why it even needs to exist. Why I’m so passionate about shining a light on life paths for children that don’t involve the normal school thing....

What's The Life Without School Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Life Without School Podcast episodes:

Don't Believe These Unschooling Myths

You Are Enough

Your Child Is Falling Behind

Turning Around The "Ohhhh, You Homeschool?" Questions

Dear Grandparents

We're Looking At Education All Wrong

The Big Home Education Questions Everyone Asks

Monthly Q&A: Comparing Your Children To Others | Slow Life Seasons | Explaining Home Ed to Your Kids

On Being Their Coach, Not Their Teacher

How To Make This Your Best Home Educating Year Yet

The Gratitude Episode

De-schooling Your Way To Educational Freedom

On Motivating Our Children / On Their Adult Opinion Of Home Ed / On Sudden Life Changes

You Are Not Your Child's Teacher

Every Child Has A Story To Tell

Why Trusting Your Child Will Change Their Life

Monthly Q&A: On Growing Resilience / On Finding Time For Yourself / On Reluctant Dads

A Week In Our Life Without School

Four Strategies For When Home Education Feels Hard

How To Talk To Family And Friends About Home Education

Designing Your Life Without School

Busting The Two Biggest Homeschooling Myths

How We Became A Home Educating Family

Introducing Life Without School (Prologue)