Warning: Explicit. I’m not pulling any punches. This is one of the most important episodes I’ve recorded thus far. Not only does it address the fear and arguments often levied against this parenting and alternative education paradigm, but it makes a strong case for why reasonable people would never want to subject their children to “the system” — the school system, the government, the religion, and so on.

It’s based on the following two paraphrased questions:

• What do you say to people who worry about leaving kids ill-prepared to deal with authoritarian world?
• Won’t unschoolers (alternatively educated / autodidacts) be at a disadvantage to succeed in a world that’s based on the current system?

Thanks to Victoria for calling in with the question. Comments are open below!