Unparenting

Jan 24 2025 31 ep. 37 mins 2

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Social commentary from the perspective of children are people!! On this podcast, we critique parenting & education trends, methods & books from a children's rights angle.

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E1: "Tradwives aren't even trad" with Caroline J. Sumlin

Jan 24 2025 79 mins

Hello hello!I’ve renamed my pod and we’re embarking on a new season! The title, Unparenting, is somewhat provocative - this pod is aiming to do social commentary on parenting trends & discourses around childhood from a lens of children’s rights and child liberation. It’s going to be fun/harrowing - buckle up!In this episode, I talk to Caroline J Sumlin about the worrying tr

Homeschool boss moms & hustle culture with Adele Jarrett-Kerr

Apr 27 2024 49 mins

I’m thrilled to be sharing this conversation with you. I am a long-time follower and fan of Adele’s writing, and in this podcast we discuss her piece Homeschool mum hustle culture is giving MLM vibes, and all of our many thoughts about it.It was a beautiful, rambly (in all the good ways!) conversation that went so many places.We talk about:* working while homeschooling and the

How we honour divergent experiences with Marni Kammersell

Apr 02 2024 57 mins

Hello friends!This is episode 2 of my new series that aims to challenge and critique some of the ways we view education, parenting and children’s autonomy.In this episode, I chat to Marni Kammersell.We talk about the Neurodiversity paradigm, moving away from a medical model, her own family’s journey discovering their neurodivergence, and how they moved into unschooling.It was s

How we radicalize ourselves with Sara Sadek

Mar 06 2024 52 mins

Hello friends!I’m excited to start another series of podcast conversations, focused on bringing you ideas and experiences of others who have chosen to challenge norms and assumptions around what it means to raise children, to mother and to live in ways that centre autonomy, consent and collective liberation.In this episode, I chat to Sara Sadek. I connected with Sara on Substack

America hates its children (audio version)

Jan 22 2024 12 mins

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"They need to see models of what it looks like"

Dec 04 2023 58 mins

I’m so thrilled to be chatting to Sarah Casper about consent, why it’s so crucial and why it’s so much more expansive than we think!We spoke about how Sarah arrived at consent, what consent means, how it’s a practice, and why we shouldn’t over-use the word consent!We talked about power and how it impacts saying no, the role of “social coercion” - my new favorite term!

The Slippery Slope of Unschooling

Nov 22 2023 18 mins

This podcast episode was originally a written post which you can find here:I usually record my written posts as mini-podcasts for my paid subscribers, and this one is a little sneak preview for everyone!Please consider supporting my work here by signing up to my Substack and subscribing.Thank you so much for listening, sharing and being here! Fran x This is a public episode. If you

"How do I get my partner on board with unschooling?"

Nov 09 2023 39 mins

This was such a super fun chat! We had some great conversations and laughed a lot!Marta talks about unschooling her 3 young people (two of whom are now adults!) and about the most common questions she has received about unschooling and home education. This is a great convo for anyone starting out with unschooling and having all the absolutely normal doubts and wobbles that come wit

How Deep is your Deschooling?

Oct 19 2023 47 mins

We belong to you and meeeee!! Okay enough with the Bee Gees, let’s get to it ;)I’m so excited to share this episode of the podcast!I chat to Sari González and Becka Koritz 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 pr

Want a joyful, connected relationship with food?

Oct 05 2023 56 mins

I love Deena’s approach, and in this chat I spoke to her about how to process our own relationships with food, how to not project them onto our children, as well as about diet culture, anti-fat bias, whether food is really neutral and how to partner with our children around food. I am ALL for making food a joyful and connected experience, rather than one full of restriction, arbi