My daughter Imogen and I aren’t big social media people. For some reason, we find platforms such as Instagram and Facebook a bit overwhelming. Could that have something to do with our introverted natures? Often, we disappear. But, after a while, we try again. Maybe we have to. Because social media is where everyone hangs out. It’s where people are discussing the things that are of interest to us.
Yes, there are benefits to using social media. But could there also be risks? What about our privacy? Are platforms such as Instagram and Facebook using us? Are they influencing our behaviour?
In this week’s podcast, episode 185, Imogen and I are discussing social media: do we need it? Is it a distraction? Can we break the hooks that FB and IG use to pull us in?
We’re also talking about hooks and video games. If we and our kids can recognise the hooks, will they have less influence over us?
And we’re sharing a couple of books that we’ve recently enjoyed, and discussing the question: is it okay to use someone else’s ideas and create something of our own?
We’re also telling a few family stories.
We hope you’ll listen to this episode of the Stories of an Unschooling Family podcast!
Show Notes
Things we mention in this episode:
Indistractible and Hooked by Nir Eyal
The Social Dilemma on Netflix
Dust by Kara Swanson
The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Henry Lawson: poems and short stories
Bleak House and Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens
How to Train Your Dragon: movie and book
The Princess Bride: movie and book
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Jeff Wayne’s musical, The War of the Worlds
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
Where You Can Find Me
Unschooling Community
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where You Can Find Imogen
Blog
Youtube
Books
Photo
My daughter Imogen with some of her unread books. We’ve stopped feeling guilty about adding to our unread book piles. We’re creating a valuable library that we can dip into when the time is right!
