How can you help your child unlock their creativity, confidence, and love of learning? Julie Ross, homeschooling expert and creator of A Gentle Feast began homeschooling her 5 kids after working in traditional school systems, and has guided thousands of other families to reimagine education too. She shares how to create a learning environment that prioritizes connection, curiosity, and freedom, why unschooling might be the key to raising empowered and curious kids, and how to create a feast of learning that nourishes both your child and yourself.

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TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1. Education shouldn’t be about stuffing children with information, but helping them develop the person inside.
2. When we educate our children with truth, beauty, and goodness, we’re not just shaping their minds—we’re shaping their hearts.
3. It’s important to train your affections, the things that you love.
4. Narrating is like art. It’s like poetry making in painting. It’s there inside of every child just waiting to be drawn forth. Let children express themselves and their thoughts.
5. We need to go first. We need to model that for our children, that we are growing and we’re expanding.
    6. Life should be all living, not a mere tedious passing of time.
6. We are worthy just because we’re human. We can just be and enjoy, have this full feast, and rest in the beauty of learning.

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