Matt Bateman, Aaron Stupple and I talk kids and freedom

About this episode

Ben and Divia discuss parenting and freedom with guests Matt Bateman and Aaron Stupple.

Last week, I went to see Matt Bateman and Aaron Stupple talk about their parenting disagreements at The Montessorium , the (pretty new!) school Matt created. I enjoyed their conversation, wanted to hear even more, asked them if they’d be up for coming on my podcast, and they did! Probably the best place to find more is on X.com, and here are a few more links too: * Aaron’s book, The Sovereign Child (the link is to the free pdf, and it’s also available at all major book stores * Taking Children Seriously * a thing I wrote a while back about some of what I think about unschooling (ETA: I have locked the comments because I both feel somewhat responsible for comments made on my posts and don’t have the bandwidth to monitor them at this time) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualunderstanding.substack.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Divia

Guests: Matt Bateman, Aaron Stupple

Topics covered

• parenting
• freedom
• education
• Montessori
• unschooling

Keywords

• parenting disagreements
• Montessori school
• unschooling
• freedom
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Montessorium

Books & works: The Sovereign Child, Taking Children Seriously

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