The 2023 season of the UnschoolingFuture Podcast was devoted to children on the internet, their digital rights and access to information.
It's because I’m writing and illustrating FREE TO BROWSE, a comics journalism project in progress about coming of age online.
It delves into the stories of vulnerable teens, including my transgender son, for whom the internet has served as a crucial lifeline.
Expected in 2025!
Why We Are Leaving Europe
I usually say our family are educational refugees. We have had to move countries to be able to homeschool and we are about to move across the Atlantic to be able to continue unschooling. We are seeking refuge from Europe’s bulging institutional control over learning and development as we want our children to continue self-directing their learning process.
In May 2022, Marta Obiols Llistar is releasing the second, updated edition of her beautiful book 18, An Unschooling Experience, this time in Spanish under the title #vidasincole. I’m honored to have been asked to write the closing chapter, Carta de mi amiga. In this audio fragment, you will hear me read my chapter, Letter from My Friend, in English. The “letter” briefly tells our family’s story and explains why we’re leaving Europe.
If you want to listen to the whole conversation, please go to The UnschoolingFuture Podcast, Season 2 Episode 9: Migration and Learning
Migration and Learning
Why is our family leaving Europe? How does moving impact learning and self-discovery? Are we still nomads at heart or are we in search of paradise, the ideal home? What is home anyway?
How to Talk to Kids about War?
What happens to the new generation as they witness the tragedy of war and what does citizenship or nationality mean to them? Is the Metaverse as a collaborative space an antidote to war? Is military conflict in the Digital Age an anachronism? Does conventional school system fuel that anachronistic world view by revering hierarchical, patriarchal structures and patriotism? How can self-directed learning/ unschooling and respect for the individual, as opposed to categorizing people into buckets, help raise a generation uninterested in territorial feuds and focused on the value of human life instead?