In this episode, I talk with unschooling Mom, Tamryn Sherriffs about what unschooling and self-directed learning is, and why (and how) we've both decided to take this approach for educating our kids. Tamryn is the creator of the ‘differently community, podcast and school’ teaching people around the world to live on their own terms using outsourcing, automation, and passive income. Resources mentioned: Scream free parenting bookFree gift for Future Smart Parent listeners: The 8-step...

Do you ever think about the number of transitions we go through in a lifetime, and how learning how to be more comfortable with change is actually a skill that can be developed and learnt as we keep adapting in these disruptive times. And then if you think we, as parents, need to be comfortable with change, consider your kids and of the exponential amount of change that they will go through, in comparison to our own lives.  In this episode we speak with Keith Coats on why he believes...

I invited Graeme Codrington back today as there were some questions I wanted to ask him last week that we just didn’t get to. So in today’s episode, we chat about how Graeme thinks parenting is different now as we prepare our kids for the future and how this shows up in his life as he parents his 3 daughters. As Graeme says during the interview - we are the first generation of parents who know for sure that we don’t know what the future will be like for our kids and that means we have to...

In this first full episode, we chat with futurist, author, and expert in the future of work Graeme Codrington. We chat about what we hope this podcast will do for parents, we start to chat about what future-proofing our kids looks like, without overwhelming us as parents and Graeme gives us some practical ideas on how we can approach parenting as Future Smart Parents. FUTURE SMART PARENT FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/futuresmartparent FUTURE SMART PARENT INSTAGRAM:...

I’m Jude Foulston, an introverted mom trying my best to raise kids who are happy & confident, kids who embrace all that makes them unique, while preparing them for an exciting future that looks really, nothing like the world we grew up in.  I believe there’s a whole set of skills that our kids aren’t being taught which will be critical for them to develop in order  to thrive in the future and I believe it’s up to us, as parents, to help them develop these skills.  The Future Smart Parent...

The Future Smart Parent podcast explores stories of parents who are parenting a little differently, yet intentionally, for a changing world. This first episode shares some of our plans and goals for the Future Smart Parent podcast and introduces you to your host, Jude Foulston - an introverted mom trying her best to raise kids who are happy & confident, kids who embrace all that makes them unique, while preparing them for an exciting future that looks really, nothing like the world we...