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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.

What actually happens when an unschooler decides they want to try school? In this episode, I’m sharing the story of our 9-year-old daughter...

I want to put something to you. If you’ve chosen to home educate your children - whatever form that takes, however structured or unstructure...

For all of human history, childhood has been a time of preparation for an adulthood you could see, and understand, and picture yourself livi...

In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the biggest questions home educating families face: how do I know this whole thing is actually working...

In this episode, I'm digging deep into what could be the most important commitments we make as home educators this year. I explore: How...

In this episode, I’m digging deep into one of the biggest challenges facing homeschooling families today: finding balance with tech and scre...

In this episode, I spend some time examining three common perceptions that are unique to unschooling: That unschooling is 'unparenting&...

In this episode, I'm sharing six ways you can overcome any feelings you have about not being 'enough' as a home educating par...

In this episode I'm talking more about something this podcast was literally born from: the idea of children falling behind where they s...

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 mea...

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...

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...

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 whe...

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 w...

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 gu...

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 t...

The global home educating community has grown like crazy in 2021. More families are choosing a life without school than ever before, and it’...

In this episode I want to help you build your de-schooling muscle. The process of taking everything you know about education, wiping your me...

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 mig...

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...

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 ef...

In this episode we're looking at a philosophy that underpins how Kate and I approach life with our kids, their education, and our relat...

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...

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...

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 pa...

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 o...

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...

For this episode I want to dig into two of the biggest misconceptions about home education that I, personally, have experienced over the yea...

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 old...

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 abou...