The Screen-Free Frontier

The Screen-Free Frontier

June 25, 2026 · 29 min · Season 18 · Episode 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of screen-free parenting and features an interview with Stephen Clifford, a homeschool father who promotes hands-on learning and exploration.

Many dads fall into the trap of using screens as an automated babysitter because the modern world is exhausting. Many dads are also using it to numb themselves and escape the real world. But a durable father knows that passivity is a slow-motion breach of his household's potential, slowly emasculating him and removing him out of his authority, his identity and his purpose. But I have a dad joining us in a moment who runs his home at an intense level, leads his kids on adventures educating his kids at every opportunity, and the best part is everyone is having fun! He will share some of those adventures with us in this episode. We are joined by a seasoned homeschool father, and the visionary behind Forgotten Wisdom Books , Stephen Clifford . Stephen recognized early on that the modern educational and cultural system was systematically disconnecting kids from nature, deep books, and hands-on capability. He made the radical choice to take the wheel—homeschooling his kids and engineering a lifestyle anchored in physical exploration, hard work, and real-world skills. He is here to hand us the strategy on screen-detoxing our homes and show us how to guide our kids back to the forgotten…

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