Carla is a single mum who is unschooling her two neurodivergent boys, aged 8 & 5 in South Western Victoria. In today's episode you will hear how she juggles co-parenting and co-homeschooling as she reflects on her pathway from studying her masters in teaching to now revelling in her boys learning through autonomous play.  SUMMARY Carla's childhood growing up on acreage as a country kid who adored horses but didn't particular enjoy schoolHer eldest sons time spent in the NICU as a newborn shifted her worldview and made her realise she wanted to do things differentlyThe first time she came across the term unschooling she was studying for her masters of teaching and the connection she felt to this philosophy was instantaneousThe struggle of persisting with societal expectations, trying to find the right environment, the right place, the right people for her son after he was diagnosed with Autism, ADHD and PDA at two years oldShe’d been adamant that she wasn’t going to homeschool up until COVID lockdowns began but saw first hand how content and happy her son was simply being at homeCo-parenting and co-homeschooling - How Carla and her ex juggle their livesThe story of how her eldest learnt to read of his own accord Celebrating what our kids can do instead of what they haven’t mastered, yetHer experience of attending her first homeschool campValuing wellbeing over happiness“The school system is designed to suit the largest majority and you can’t get around that, there’s just no way of making it fit for everyone” INSPIRATION The Call of the Wild and Free - Ainsley Arment Homegrown - Ben Hewitt The Art of Self Directed Learning - Blake Boles A Different Way to Learn - Naomi Fisher Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? - Blake Boles Unschooled - Kerry McDonald Free to Learn - Peter Gray John Holt's books John Taylor Gatto's books Consider asking your local library to order in a copy of these books if they don't currently have them in their collection Henry Giroux https://freyadawson.com.au/ https://theeducatingparent.com/ https://happinessishereblog.com/ Homeschool Camps Victoria Facebook page CONNECT @unschoolerlife Instagram Have you got a story to tell? Connect with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories or email [email protected] Sign up to our substack to be notified of new episode releases: Australian Homeschool Stories Mailing List This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land. Original Music by Daniel Garrood @garroodcomposer Listen on Spotify here