#97 Looking back—reflections on grown unschooled children, with Linda Velwest in New Jersey
About this episode
Esther Jones chats with Linda Velwest about her experiences raising unschooled children and the reflections on their diverse paths into adulthood.
In this episode I am chatting with Linda Velwest, who lives in New Jersey and has three adult son, now aged 26, 28 and 31, who were all unschooled for many years. It’s always lovely to talk with parents of adult unschoolers, and Linda reflects on their journey, the very different paths each child took and the many things that she and her family all took from the experience. Linda also recently published a fiction book called City Rescue Pets: Second Chances for Love and Hope featuring an unsc...
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