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Should we pay our kids to read?
Should we be paying our children at all?
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Fran Liberatore
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E1: "Tradwives aren't even trad" with Caroline J. Sumlin
S2 of my re-vamped pod begins today! I chat to Caroline J. Sumlin about tradwives, capitalism, whiteness and what's actually "traditional."
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Fran Liberatore
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Caroline J. Sumlin | Author
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1:19:18
Supporting children's rights in 2025
This is what protecting children really looks like.
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Fran Liberatore
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All of the best from 2024
Because "old" posts still get to be read.
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Fran Liberatore
I want to choose my own prison
Or, even better, I want to love myself into doing the thing. Maybe our kids do too.
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Fran Liberatore
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Does excluding under 16s from participating in social media, actually protect them?
We still want children to be seen and not heard.
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Fran Liberatore
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Am I a tradwife if I look like one?
On the worrying intersection of homeschooling, domesticity, tradwifedom and children's autonomy.
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Fran Liberatore
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Chapter Seven: UCP & non-judgment
I'm Substacking a book!
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Fran Liberatore
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Part II, Ch 5: Cultures of Consent
Shifting the cultural & inner landscapes.
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Fran Liberatore
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Who said it was meant to be easy?
A reframe on mothering. Also: a video about the reality of travelling with kids & more on our current move back to the US.
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Fran Liberatore
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Chapter Two: What is Consent and why do we need it?
EXPANDING CONSENT, PART I; Chapter Two.
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Fran Liberatore
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EXPANDING CONSENT: PART I. Chapter One: My story
I'm sharing my book on Substack, free to read.
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Fran Liberatore
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