Good Morning America Got Unschooling All Wrong (Here’s How)Earlier this month, the ABC Television produced show, Good Morning America, published a blog post about unschooling titled “I tried…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Do Unschoolers Use Curricula?Our oldest unschooling child — Marley (age 13) — is ready for a curriculum. I know this because I am a magical, woke-ass, exceptional…Nov 22, 2017Nov 22, 2017
How Minimalism and Unschooling IntersectTraveling turned out to be a big part of our deschooling process as a family. When public education showed us, for the umpteenth time, that…Jul 3, 20173Jul 3, 20173
Thoughts on Raising Free People: TantrumsWe rarely extend mood courtesies to children. For example, if a child throws a tantrum, we view that as them being “bad” or misbehaving…May 31, 20172May 31, 20172
Why Racial Justice and Raising Free People Can’t Include Coddling White Guilt“The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being…Apr 9, 2017Apr 9, 2017
4 Ways White People Can Support Black People in the Unschooling World Without Being IntrusiveThis question came from one of my podcast listeners who supports the show through my Patreon page, and asked this question:Apr 6, 20171Apr 6, 20171
Published inStudent VoicesPrivilege, Oppression, and Thoughts on Raising Free PeopleI am learning so much about myself as a result of our collective decision (Kris, Marley, Sage, and me) to shed the not-it shit, embrace…Mar 18, 2017Mar 18, 2017
Published inStudent VoicesFrom Outsourcing Oppression to Unschooling for LiberationAbout six years ago, Kris and I stopped sending our daughters to elementary school. Our big idea was to make ourselves fully available to…Dec 23, 20161Dec 23, 20161
Navigating Unschooling and Blackness In the American Education SystemMy doctors consider my daughters medical anomalies; I prefer the word miracles. My health had been compromised by a painful disorder…Sep 29, 20161Sep 29, 20161
Leaving Plantations (mis)Named SchoolThere have been more murders of Black people: Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma and (though at the time of writing this, reports say one…Sep 22, 2016Sep 22, 2016
