Victoria Lenormand | From Detective To Unschooling Advocate

About this episode

Victoria Lenormand discusses her transition from detective to unschooling advocate, highlighting the benefits of home education over traditional schooling.

Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conversation, she explains how grading, labels, and constant assessment eroded confidence, and how home education replaced pressure with agency, learning by doing, and community built through shared interests rather than age-based classrooms. 🗓️ Recorded December 8, 2025. 📍 Tarragona, Spain 🔗 Re...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cecilie Conrad, Jesper Conrad

Guest: Victoria Lenormand

Topics covered

• unschooling
• home education
• child development
• parenting
• confidence building

Keywords

• unschooling
• homeschooling
• education
• parenting
• child confidence

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tarragona

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