I chat to Sari and Becka about the nuts and bolts of deschooling: what it is, what it looks like, the places we get stuck and the ways we get ourselves out of them. I absolutely love how real they are about their own struggles and process, and

A Joyful relationship with Food, with Deena Barselah

Oct 5th, 2023 57m 7s

Fran chats to Deena Barselah about our relationships with food and how to parent in ways that connect us and our children to the food we eat, as well as diet culture, anti-fat bias, whether food is really neutral and how do we partner with our

Consent-based-ness with Sophie Christophy

Aug 21st, 2023 49m 57s

I chat to Sophie Christophy about all things consent-based-ness: living in partnership with our children, practicing consent at home, in a setting, and out in the world; and creating cultures where consent thrives.You can find Sophie at her we

Low Demand Life with Amanda Diekman

Jul 12th, 2023 39m 24s

I chat to Amanda Diekman, parent coach and autistic mother of neurodivergent children, about Low-Demand Parenting, her journey to celebrating her family's Neurodiversity, and her new book! It's a beautiful chat and we talk about radical accepta

Boundaries and building partnership with Blimie Heller

Jun 28th, 2023 31m 27s

I chat to Blimie Heller, parenting coach and educator at Unconditional Parenting, about the ways we often frame gentle parenting, ideas of trust and partnership, our never-ending journey as parents and boundaries (and why the way we manage them

Embodied Learning & Ways of Knowing with Ieishah Clelland-Lange

Jun 11th, 2023 31m 42s

I chat to Ieishah Clelland Lange, writer, unschooling parent and Masters student of Indigenous studies. We talk about Indigeneity, Indigenous ways of knowing, the impacts of Western culture on consent and relationships, and 'embodied relational

Ep 10 Untigering & fostering non-coercive cultures with Iris Chen

Mar 30th, 2023 53m 52s

Fran chats to Iris Chen, author of the book Untigering, writer, and unschooled. They chat about building consent-based relationships with our children and our family members, creating a family culture, and cultural expectations and how we navig

Ep 9. Literacy & Liberation (and consent!) with Nikolai Pizarro

Mar 22nd, 2023 52m 22s

Fran chats to Nikolai about centering literacy in our homes and taking back the tools to support our children with learning to read and write. We talk about perceptions around literacy in both unschooling and schooling spaces, and Nikolai speak

Ep 8: Give Children the Vote with John Wall

Mar 13th, 2023 43m 3s

Fran chats to John Wall about giving children the vote! We discuss barriers and preconceptions about children's suffrage, how it's actually not such a scary idea, and the sorts of repercussions it might have. We touch upon the potential shifts

Exploring Self-Consent with Dr Sophia Graham

Mar 6th, 2023 51m 3s

Fran chats to Dr. Sophia Graham about all things Self-consent: what it is, why it matters and how do we even do it? We talk about all the various aspects of being in a consent-based relationship with ourselves, including interoception (what on

Creating a Life without School with Sara Macdonald

Feb 19th, 2023 57m 51s

Fran chats to Sara about all things living and learning without school, including the ways we see children, how we respect consent when things need to get done, "non-negotiable", building community and of course the every-present question of: h

Consent as Disruption of Rape Culture with Rosalia Rivera

Feb 12th, 2023 57m 59s

Fran chats to Rosalia Rivera about talking to children about consent as a way to educate them about their bodies and their right to safety and bodily autonomy. They chat about what this might look like, how it's a gradual process, how to chat t

Right-based Parenting + Child Liberation with Eloise Rickman

Feb 3rd, 2023 1h

Fran chats to Eloise Rickman about parenting rooted in children's rights and why research around children's rights and education can be so gatekeepy and obscure. They also talk about writing about adultism and how it shows up, about the way we

Practicing Presence with Sherene Cauley

Jan 28th, 2023 58m 57s

Fran talks to Sherene Cauley about gentle parenting and how we can reframe it, about the role of presence in our lives and our relationships with our children and others, and why boundary work is not really what we think it is! Sherene Cauley

Consent in community with Nadia Erlendson

Jan 18th, 2023 52m 23s

In this episode Fran chats to Nadia Erlendson about creating and running a self-directed, consent-based community of young people in Pai, Thailand. They talk about how consent-based decisions are made, gathering as a group, respecting autonomy

Creating Consent Culture with Erica Scott

Jan 11th, 2023 49m 41s

Fran chats to Erica Scott, creator of The Consent Culture Intro Workshop and co-author of the book "Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators". As a survivor of child sexual abuse, 20 plus years of working in a male dominated industry,

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