#17 Gentle Parenting with Angela Harders
Episode description
Angela Harders joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about Gentle Parenting, our journeys into unschooling, and the importance of community.
Angela is a bilingual special education teacher near Washington DC, she has been teaching for over twelve years. She is a single mum to two children, Sophia aged 7, and Benjamin aged 3.
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We discuss:
· What a typical unschooling day looks like in Angela’s household 4:00
· UK Guidelines for HE parents and the Local Authority 5:00
· Further info on responding to the LA for UK listeners 12:00
· How gentle parenting led Angela to unschooling 16:00
· How graphing quadratic equations led to Angela to question the education system.
· Realising that the decisions that we make today don’t have to be forever 22:00
· The power of observing our children.
· The joy of unschooling, sharing life together with our children, and having fun 23:20
· Angela’s top recommendations for those new to unschooling 26:20
· It’s okay to simply do more of the things that you love 30:30
· What caring for ourselves might look like 32:40
· How community support contributes to our self care especially as a single parent 35:00
· The myth of school socialisation 40:00
GUEST MEDIA LINKS:
Tales of a Toxic Teacher: Exposing the Cycles of Abuse within Our Schools
Peaceful World Schoolers Podcast
RESOURCE LINKS:
John Taylor Gatto : Dumbing us down
John Holt: How Children Learn
Pam Laricchea’s Podcast: Exploring Unschooling
The local Authority and Home Education
Elective Home Education: Guidance for Parents
EHE: Departmental Guidance for Local Authorities
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