The Life Without School Podcast
Education

The Life Without School Podcast

by Stark Raving Dad

The Life Without School Podcast is your grounded, research-backed companion for homeschooling, unschooling, and raising your kids outside the system.Hosted by Issy (aka Stark Raving Dad), a home educating dad of four, each episode offers clear, honest guidance to help you build a life that works - for your child, and for you.

30 episodes
EN-NZ language
All Episodes
1
When Our Unschooler Tried School
40:39 Jan 15, 2026
2
Why home educating is the most important work there is
25:50 Aug 5, 2025
3
What every parent MUST know about the AI Generation
50:03 Jun 9, 2025
4
How Do I Know Home Education Is Working?
47:04 Apr 1, 2025
5
The Only Home Ed Resolutions You Need This Year
39:52 Jan 20, 2025
6
Finding Balance With Screens
1:19:15 Oct 19, 2024
7
Don't Believe These Unschooling Myths
26:26 Mar 21, 2023
8
You Are Enough
23:47 Oct 20, 2022
9
Your Child Is Falling Behind
32:06 Jun 29, 2022
10
Turning Around The "Ohhhh, You Homeschool?" Questions
22:31 May 4, 2022
11
Dear Grandparents
34:33 Mar 31, 2022
12
We're Looking At Education All Wrong
34:12 Feb 14, 2022
13
The Big Home Education Questions Everyone Asks
31:48 Feb 3, 2022
14
Monthly Q&A: Comparing Your Children To Others | Slow Life Seasons | Explaining Home Ed to Your Kids
28:06 Jan 27, 2022
15
On Being Their Coach, Not Their Teacher
37:27 Jan 20, 2022
16
How To Make This Your Best Home Educating Year Yet
32:49 Jan 13, 2022
17
The Gratitude Episode
5:15 Dec 30, 2021
18
De-schooling Your Way To Educational Freedom
29:45 Dec 14, 2021
19
On Motivating Our Children / On Their Adult Opinion Of Home Ed / On Sudden Life Changes
18:38 Dec 6, 2021
20
You Are Not Your Child's Teacher
23:19 Nov 29, 2021
21
Every Child Has A Story To Tell
14:15 Nov 21, 2021
22
Why Trusting Your Child Will Change Their Life
21:12 Nov 14, 2021
23
Monthly Q&A: On Growing Resilience / On Finding Time For Yourself / On Reluctant Dads
21:39 Nov 7, 2021
24
A Week In Our Life Without School
27:04 Oct 29, 2021
25
Four Strategies For When Home Education Feels Hard
18:12 Oct 22, 2021
26
How To Talk To Family And Friends About Home Education
17:42 Oct 15, 2021
27
Designing Your Life Without School
19:44 Oct 9, 2021
28
Busting The Two Biggest Homeschooling Myths
31:48 Sep 29, 2021
29
How We Became A Home Educating Family
30:19 Sep 17, 2021
30
Introducing Life Without School (Prologue)
13:51 Sep 1, 2021
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