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Fare of the Free Child

Fare of the Free Child podcast focuses on Black people, Native Indigenous people, and People of Color (BIPOC) families who practice unschooling and other forms of Self-directed, decolonized living and learning. Each weekly episode examines a particular way that we’ve accepted coercive, emotionally and physically damaging habits as a normal part of adult-child relationships. With a focus on deschooling one’s self, decolonizing education, and exploring radical self-expression, this podcast challenges and informs us to walk toward a model for living with children that believes in trusting and respecting children and ourselves. #fofcpod #raisingfreepeople

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Ep. 53: Single Mama Unschooling Nov 15, 2017

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One year later, Monique is back on the podcast telling us what's happening for her and Pharaoh as they tackle Sickle Cell, Hypertension, and other related illnesses. These roadblocks make life harder, but Monique still finds ways to practice liberated living. This is inspiring; come listen!

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Ep. 52: Managing Anxiety & Parent Push-back Nov 08, 2017

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If you are a parent testing out Self-Directed Education (SDE) spaces, or you’re in one such space, but struggling with feelings that the facilitators should do MORE with your child—or that they should INTERVENE if your child isn’t doing ENOUGH of something constructive—this segment is for you! Also, if you’re a facilitator or volunteer in a natural learning space and you need some not-quite gentle reminders to steer us parents toward, this episode is a great place to start.

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Ep. 51: Black, Lesbian, Married & Unschooling Nov 01, 2017

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Listen in as one Black, queer family learns how to unlearn their ideas about the purpose of schooling, and shift over to an educational and life path that encourages self-love, cultural awareness, and social justice. She and her wife, Summer, are raising both a conventional schooler and an unschooler (who is only 4). Their family is learning and unlearning, schooling and deschooling, and you get to hear all about it.

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Ep. 50: Standing In Our Self-Directed Truths Oct 04, 2017

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Unschooling is really not about education. It’s about what Rastafarians like to call a LIVITY—a conscious way of approaching your day, your choices, your body, your relationships, your life—and of course, your approach to learning can’t NOT be affected by that. This conversation with edupreneur, Scott Speed, is gonna dive into the inner workings of starting a school, but we’re also gonna talk about shedding old skin, facing new truths, or realizing old truths that were just covered up in schoolishness, and walking that liberation walk even when the people around you ain’t feelin’ it.

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Ep. 49: AERO Conference, Miss Lou Style Aug 09, 2017

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Speaking on resistance, patois, and Self-Directed Education at AERO Conference. Here's a bit of a recap from my first Alternative Education conference. Speakers like Dennis Littky, Peter Gray, Johnathon Kozol, and thought-leaders like Aaron Eden and German Doin really encouraged me to keep doing this work.

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Ep. 48: Transitioning to Unschooling Aug 01, 2017

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This is about the work of fitting in versus figuring out. Atlanta-based flight attendant, wife, and mother of three—Katrina Morrison—discusses the choice of following a path you already envisioned and a process/relationship you’ve already invested in, versus starting anew. She tells us about her family structure and why the shift from charter school to unschooling felt like a major challenge.

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Ep. 47: Deschooling Discipline Jul 28, 2017

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This week, Akilah talks about how Jamaican cultural icon and folklorist, Dr. Louise "Miss Lou" Bennett-Coverley influences her unschooling approach to parenting. She also discusses how discipline can be deschooled to embrace a whole-person, decolonized approach to making life changes. An announcement for an Atlanta open house is also in the mix, plus plenty more. Come sit with us.

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Ep. 46: Kickin' It, SDE Style Jul 19, 2017

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We're talking parenting patois, patronage, unschooling progress, in-person meetups, and plenty more today. This is a mash-up episode, where I'm sharing a little bit of a lot. Enjoy!

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Ep. 45: Practicing Unschooling Jul 12, 2017

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In episode 45, I answer a question from someone who attended my unschooling webinar today. She asked about the process of going from homeschooling to unschooling, and I expound on a response from a longtime unschooler inside the webinar. Plus, I give an overview of unschooling, so don't miss those details.

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Ep. 44: Natural Learning in Philadephia Jul 06, 2017

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When Maleka Diggs moved to an affluent Philadelphia neighborhood so that she and her husband could get their daughters into the best school, she was shocked to face racism from the school's principal. Soon after, she set out to create the sort of academic and community-centered environment she wanted for her daughters, instead of trying to fit them into the school's culture. Eclectic Learning Network was born, and today, Philly-based families are benefiting from Maleka's commitment.

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