Unschooling Mom2Mom
By Sue Patterson
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Episodes: 228
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The Unschooling Mom2Mom podcast is a quick conversation with Sue Patterson, coach, author, and mother of 3 grown unschoolers. Sue shares inspiration and tips to help you find the unschooling confidence you're looking for!
Even if you’re more of a “homeschooler” than an “unschooler,” these 10 minute(ish) podcasts can help you find more joy in parenting, educating and connecting with your children!
All 6 Seasons listed here:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/podcast
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You Don’t Need Curriculum to Make Learning Happen | 228
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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How to Stay Confident About Unschooling—Before a Crisis Hits | 227
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Six Months Ago, I Tried An Unschooling Experiment | 226
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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School Refusal: A Mom-to-Mom Reframe When Your Kid Is Miserable | 225
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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The School Year Is Starting Without Us—Why Does It Feel So Weird? | 224
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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My Child Isn’t Going Back to School—Now What? | 223
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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The Cons of Unschooling: Where Homeschooling Parents Need to Pivot | 222
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Unschooling Course or Resource Library: Which One Fits You? #221
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Maybe Timelines Are Why Unschooling Feels So Hard | 220
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Is My Child Behind? Or Am I Using the Wrong Timeline? | 219
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Why Summer Makes Homeschooling Parents Rush to Plan | 218
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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When Your Kid Won't Get Off Screens: Why It Turns Into a Battle | 217
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Making Homeschooling Decisions Out of Fear | 216
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Can Video Games Count as High School Credit? | 215
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Are Homeschooling Questions Stealing Your Summer? | 214
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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What Really Prepares Kids for Adulthood? | 213
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May 18, 2026 |
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The Mother's Day Fairy - For Unschooling Moms! | 212
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May 07, 2026 |
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What Does an Unschooling Day Look Like? Real-Life Examples by Age | 211
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May 05, 2026 |
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Is Unschooling Enough? What it looks like day to day | 210
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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How Unschooling Kids Learn Math Without Curriculum (A Real Day, Hour by Hour) | 209
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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The Truth about Unschooling "Schedules" | 208
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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BONUS: Pi Day Without the Hype — When “Fun Learning” Falls Flat
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Quirky Kids: Unschooling and Neurodivergence | 206
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Do You Need to Revisit Deschooling? When Unschooling Doubts Show Up | 205
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Those Voices in Your Head? Let Me Elbow In | 204
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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The Real Reason Your Unschooling Confidence Disappears (And How to Strengthen It) | 203
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Unschooling the Olympics: No Curriculum Needed | 202
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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I Want to Do More to Teach — Why That Feeling Shows Up | 201
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Learning from Dragons - Without Planning a Thing! | 200
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Why Deschooling Is Really for Parents: Letting Go of Schoolish Thinking | 199
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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When School-at-Home Homeschooling Stops Working | 198
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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197 - Let Winter Be Winter: Resist Rushing into January
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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196 - Unschooling in December: What Typical Days Really Look Like
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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195 - Confused About Unschooling? Let’s Talk It Out
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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194 - The Unschooling Roller Coaster & Why You Shouldn't Ride Alone!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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193 - Your Thanksgiving Toolkit: 3 Tools to Handle Holiday Criticism
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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192 - Staying Grounded During Holiday Stress (Unschooling Parents)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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191 - When Your Child Plays All Day: Unschooling, Deschooling & Real Learning
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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190 - Unschooling and Gratitude: Noticing What’s Going Right
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#189 - How to Start Unschooling (Without Trying Every Homeschool Method First)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#188 - Unschooling Halloween: Everyday Learning in Disguise
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#187 But I Want a CHECKLIST! Letting Go of School Habits in Unschooling
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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186 - Too Late to Unschool Teens?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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185 - How Kids Learn to Make Decisions — The Unschooling Way
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#184 - Shaky Start? Pivot Homeschool to Unschooling (+ Q & A)
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#183 Am I Doing Enough? When Curriculum Isn’t Working Like You Hoped
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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#182 - School Skipped These Lessons - but Life Didn't!
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#181 How Unschoolers Learn the Basics Without Curriculum: Unschooling the 3Rs
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#180 Strewing: Sparking Curiosity and Learning - without a lesson plan in sight!
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#179 School “Lessons” Fueling Your Parenting Doubts?
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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#178 - What If Learning Isn’t Linear? Trusting the Spiral in Unschooling
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#177 - Thousands of Unschooling Families Later...
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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#176 Back to School Season: Handling the Second-Guessing
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#175 Connecting with Your Gamer Teen
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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#174 Your Unschooling Questions - ANSWERED!
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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#173 Why Unschooling Can Feel So Hard - 10 Common Struggles
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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#172 Transcripts for Unschoolers or Relaxed Homeschoolers: How to Do It and Why It Matters
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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#171 How to End Your Homeschool Year with Confidence
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May 27, 2025 |
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#170 What Is Deschooling? 5 Reasons to Make It a Homeschooling Priority
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May 02, 2025 |
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#169 - Unschoolers Learn Shakespeare WITHOUT Curriculum?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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168 - If We Unschool, How Will I Know They're Learning?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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#167 How Unschoolers Cover Subjects in Spring (Real-Life Learning Tips)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#166 Celebrating Pi Day – The Quintessential Homeschool Holiday!
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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165 - The Art of Noticing & Individualizing: Secrets from Stage Managers
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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164 - Can we talk? A Quick Chat for Homeschooling Moms Ready for Change
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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163 - When Moms Feel Discouraged – Finding Confidence in Unschooling
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#162 - Build Your Unschooling Confidence with this FREE Weekly Checklist!
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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161 - Using Winter as Your Homeschool Guide - Unschooling Tips
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#160 Reading is NOT the Holy Grail
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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#159 Unschooling Red Flags: January Signals You Shouldn’t Ignore
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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#158 Unschooling 101: The Step-by-Step Strategy to Start Now
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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#157 Looking back & Moving Forward: Celebrating our Unschooling Community
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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#156 - Exploring Unschooling in this Liminal Space
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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#155 - Turning Toward Winter - Learning with the Seasons
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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#154 Become an Unschooling Holiday Prepper: Surviving the Family Gatherings
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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#153 - An Unschooling Shift to Gratitude
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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152 - An Unschooler's Haunted House
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#151 Understanding Unschooling - A Message for Friends & Family
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#150 - Facing Unschooling Parents' #1 Fear
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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#149 Autumn Unschooling - Tapping into the Fall Season for Learning!
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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#148 Unschooling Billboards & Roadmaps
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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#147 Helping Unschooled Kids Navigate Questions
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#146 Celebrating a Decade of Unschooling Support!
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#145 - Summer School for Unschoolers!
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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#144 Unschoolers Don't Teach - What??? How is that ok??
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#143 Loop Scheduling - and Unschooling?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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#142 Overcoming Difficult Situations - as the only homeschoolers in the room!
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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#141 Father's Day: Unschooling Lessons from the Side of the Pool
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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#140 Summertime Unschooling!
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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#139 How Do I Know If Unschooling Isn't Working?
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May 21, 2024 |
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#138 Unschooling and Mother's Day
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May 10, 2024 |
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Unlocking Learning: The Unschooling Approach Explained
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#136 How do Unschoolers Learn Subjects WITHOUT Curriculum?
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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#135: What's Wrong with "A Little Curriculum?"
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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#134: Finding Your People - How DO Unschoolers Find Each Other?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#133: Pi Day - Your Unschooling Reality Check
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#132: Too Much Technology? How do I know??
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#131: Lean Into the Love - An Unschooling Mom Looks Back
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#130: Unschooling Valentine's Day!
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#129: Is Unschooling Right for You and Your Kids?
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#128: Unschooling the Pythagorean Theorem
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#127: Common Denominators in Successful Unschooling Families
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#126: Unschooling Typical Days - 3 Secrets to Success!
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#125: Incomplete Deschooling - Are homeschoolers wrong?
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#124: Switching from Homeschooling to Unschooling
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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#123: Unschooling - Just for December!
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#122: Measuring and Comparing Our Children
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#121: Getting Unschooled Kids Out of the Hot Seat
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#120: Gratitude Journal Ideas for Unschoolers
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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#119: When Grandparents are Anti-Unschooling
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#118: Halloween Candy, Big Kids, and Criticism
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#117: Brainstorming as Your Lesson Plan
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#116: Is Unschooling Really Legal??
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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#115: 100 Tips for Homeschooling Parents
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#114: Unschooling Is Not Unparenting
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#113: Unschooling as a Compass
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#112: Unschooling Summers Continue On!
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#111: Dare to Unschool - Rewriting the Rules
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#110: Navigating This Back-to-School Season - as Unschoolers!
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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#109: The Kids Don't Have to Go to School
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#108: Decision Time - NOT Back-to-School Series
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#107: Breaking Up with School
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#106: Unschooling Kindergarten - What if you Skip the School Version?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#105: Your Unschooling Permission Slip - HERE!
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#104: How Hard Will It Be to Unschool the Kids?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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#103: Getting School Out of Your Head
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#102: Subjects Hiding at Sea - How Unschooling Works!
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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#101: Let Go of Your Curriculum "Crutches!"
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#100: Considering Unschooling
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#99: The Curious Path - An Unschooler's Journey from Confusion to Confidence
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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#98: How to Deschool
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#97: Emotional Roller Coasters and Skeptical Kids
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May 26, 2023 |
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#96: Unschooling vs. Homeschooling - What's the Difference?
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May 17, 2023 |
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#95: Unschooling Tips for Mother's Day
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May 10, 2023 |
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#94: Unschooling and Your Fear about Educational Gaps
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May 02, 2023 |
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#93: Seeking Support is the Key to Unschooling Success
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#92: Unschooling and Testing
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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#91: How to Learn Math without a Curriculum
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#90: 4 Tips to Get Off the Conveyor Belt
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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#89: Surviving Curriculum Season - as Unschoolers
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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#88: What Sparks Joy? Unschoolers Knew...
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#87: Unschooling on a Budget!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#86: Brainstorming and Making Plans
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#85: Your Unschooling End-of-Year Review
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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#84: 5 Strategies to Get Rid of Holiday Stress
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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#83: 3 Stumbling Blocks to Unschooling
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#82: Coping with Holiday Get Togethers - as Unschoolers
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#81: Heroes in Training - Community Service
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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#80: "I went to School and I'm Fine!"
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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#79: Unschooling and a Real Life Curriculum
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#78: Are Your Kids Worried about Unschooling?
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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#77: When All They Want to Do is Play!
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#76: Technology and Our Kids
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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#75: What about Parenting... as Unschoolers?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#74: You're Unschooling - Now what's the plan??
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#73: Don't Do It!
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#72: Unschooling and Parents of Pre-Schoolers
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#71: When Your Teen Hates School
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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#70: Connecting with Your Kids - Unschooling Tips!
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#69: What about ALMOST Unschooling?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#68: Following Kids' Interests
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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#67: Father's Day!
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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#66: Unschooling This Summer!
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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#65: Unschooling: 10 Benefits for PARENTS
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May 23, 2022 |
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#64: Is Homeschooling NOT Working Out?
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May 16, 2022 |
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#63: Are You Afraid of Unschooling?
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May 11, 2022 |
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#62: Unschooling Q & A
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May 07, 2022 |
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#61: Mother's Day and THAT Mom!
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May 03, 2022 |
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#60: 3 Step Formula for Unschooling Success!
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#59: Mistakes to Avoid When You're a New Homeschooler / Unschooler
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#58: Friday Unschooling Q & A!
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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#57: 9 Solutions If You're Stressed Out!
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#56: Oh! That Word, Unschooling!!!
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#55: What My Unschooled Kids Never Learned
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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#54: Your Unschooling Manifesto
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#53: It's A Wrap... for Season 1!
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#52: Hygge for Unschoolers
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#51: Addicted to Technology?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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#50: What's Holding You Back from Unschooling?
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#49: What is Strewing?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#48: 7 Tips to Get Started Unschooling
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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#47: Goodbye 2021... through an unschooling lens
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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#46: Adding Sparkle
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#45: Avoiding Holiday Stress
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#44: Pass the Bean Dip - Your 1st Thanksgiving as Unschoolers
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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#43: Unschooling and Gratitude
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#42: Unschooling and Spelling
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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#41: How to Unschool a Teen
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#40: 10 Lessons to UnLearn
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#39: Let's Play 20 Questions - About Unschooling!
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#38: Everything Really DOES Count
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#37: Unschooling Disabled Kids
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#36: Unschooling and Playtime
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#35: September and Shaky Starts
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#34: The Pros & Cons of Unschooling
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#33: Why Unschoolers Are Skipping School
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#32: The Back to School Hype
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#31: What Really Matters
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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#30: Unschooling and Technology
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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#29: Focusing on Strengths
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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#28: When Kids Lack Motivation
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#27: Finding and Building Community
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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#26: What About Socialization?
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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#25: Grow Your Unschooling Confidence
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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#24: Podcast Party - Come Celebrate with us!
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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#23: Structure, Schedules, and Unschooling
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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#22: 5 Ways Homeschooling is EASIER than you think!
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#21: Unschooled Teens and College
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May 31, 2021 |
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#20: Unschooling Criticism - from Friends and Family!
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May 24, 2021 |
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#19: Am I Doing ENOUGH?
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May 17, 2021 |
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#18: Unschooling and Writing
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May 10, 2021 |
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#17: Anticipating Mother's Day
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May 03, 2021 |
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#16: Your Unschooling Curriculum
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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#15: The Lure of Curriculum
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#14: Unschooling & Learning to Read
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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#13: When Dad's Not Onboard with Unschooling
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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#12: Deschooling... for HOW long?
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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#11: Let's Talk about Unschooling Teens
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#10: Your Own Educational Philosophy
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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#9 Overcoming Fears about Unschooling
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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#8: Thinking about Your Why
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#7: Teaching, Learning, Partnering with Unschooling
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#6: Your Unschooling Nest
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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#5: How to Start Unschooling
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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#4: Unschooling and Math
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#3: Myths and Misconceptions about Unschooling
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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#2: What IS Unschooling?
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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#1: Welcome to the Unschooling Mom2mom Podcast!
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Mar 05, 2021 |