a life unschooled

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Why a morning of Lego is enough

Why a morning of Lego is enough

And how we're always worrying about learning, instead of actually living

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Fran Liberatore
Jan 05, 2024
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Hello hello!

I’ve been taking a teeny bit of a break from writing the past few weeks, but I’ll be back as usual starting next week.

If you’re new to this newsletter, hi and welcome!

I didn’t have a fully free post this week because I’ve been taking some time off, so instead, I’ve removed the paywall from my free archived posts (they go behind a paywall after a few months, usually), and here are some earlier posts that you may have missed (you can also read all my archived posts that were originally free, right here.)

a life unschooled
Consent beyond bodily autonomy
Hello friends! I recently started a podcast all about consent, and in researching the pod and people I might want to chat with, I realised that the talk about consent on and offline seems to me overwh…
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2 years ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Fran Liberatore
a life unschooled
18 Unschooling books you really should read.
If you’re new here, welcome. My Monday emails are focused on home education, homeschooling and unschooling and world schooling.. and whatever sort of living without school you might be doing or hoping…
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2 years ago · 10 likes · 5 comments · Fran Liberatore
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Is my child better off anywhere but home?
Deep down in the hidden parts of every home educating parent, is this terrifying thought: Would my child be better off at school, or anywhere else, than home with me? If you have never felt even an in…
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2 years ago · 9 likes · 2 comments · Fran Liberatore
Who are we to refuse free schooling?

Who are we to refuse free schooling?

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April 16, 2023
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Quality time is a patriarchal, capitalist myth.
I don’t know what it is about the idea of quality time that has always bothered me, long before I started to unpick it. Perhaps it’s because as a stay at home mother to babies and toddlers, it was imp…
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2 years ago · 17 likes · 14 comments · Fran Liberatore

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