The Unschool Fangirl Returns

5 February 2025

I’ve been a guest on other people’s podcasts, but I haven’t made a new episode on my own Stories of an Unschooling Family podcast for many months. But that has changed. Yesterday, I plugged my mic into my MacBook and started talking. (Unfortunately, I forgot to check my GarageBand settings, but I think the audio quality is still okay.)

What did I talk about in episode 207? Will I make more episodes? What does the title mean?

This week, I’m sharing thoughts on 

  • unschooling as a business
  • doing things for free
  • the projects I’m working on
  • ageing unschoolers who might have unique skills to offer
  • our superpower- unconditional love
  • competing and persuading
  • social media
  • and lots of other things.

Show Notes

Websites

Stories of an Unschooling Family

Sandra Dodd’s website

Cecilie Conrad’s website

Erin’s website, Everlearning

Podcasts

Da Ladies Fixing the World podcast

Self Directed podcast

Virtual Kitchen Table podcast

Unschooling Community

Virtual Kitchen Table Community

Book

From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks

Blog Posts

Why I’m Content to Be a Blogger and Not an Instagram Influencer

Do You Need to Follow an Older Unschooler? (Part 1)

Do You Need to Follow an Older Unschooler? (Part 2)

How to Write a Million Unschool Love Stories

A Genuine Invitation for Christian Unschoolers

The Problem with Being Too Nice

If You’d Like to Support My Work

Buy Me a Coffee: Sue Elvis

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Image

My husband Andy snapped this photo of me while we were enjoying a Saturday morning coffee.

 

2 Comments Leave a Reply

  1. Glad to see you back Sue! I enjoy listening to your podcast during my commute and hearing your perspective on unschooling.

    We spoke briefly in the comments of some of your other blogs back in December: I’m in England and have an 18 month old who I’m excited to unschool.

    Could you talk about learning to read? My husband says his only concern about unschooling our daughter is reading and it’s be great to hear some stories about how various children have learned to read in different ways that I could share with him.

    • Kathryn,

      Oh yes, we chatted during December. I remember!

      Thank you for listening to my latest podcast episode. It’s good to know someone enjoyed it.

      Learning to read can seem like a huge step in children’s lives. Once they can read, the whole world opens up for them, and maybe parents sigh with relief. That skill has been conquered! I’ll think about a podcast episode based around reading. Thanks for your suggestion!

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