I want to offer a caveat before we get into today's message. It would be easy to listen and assume that I am advocating child-led learning exclusive of parent-guided education.

You might think this is an unschooling message today.

Actually, if your family is humming along and you've got a routine that includes the four or five

subjects a day plus interests and everybody is happy and working together, then you're doing great. You don't have to change anything.

This podcast today addresses a specific question around refusing to learn,

children who bock, who throw fits,

who are consistently in a bad mood

about their educations. What we want to do is step back from

insistence and coercion and rediscover the joy of learning, whether that comes

through interests or directed school subjects. whether that

learning, whether that comes through interests or directed school subjects. I'm going to offer you a strategy for how to recapture some of that connection and joy in learning,

even related to the academic subjects.

So listen with that in mind, as usual, this is a single strategy.

It is not the sum total of everything I teach. If you are interested in more

ideas, feel free to turn to my book, The Brave Learner, and you will see a slew of options that go well beyond what we discuss today.

So now without further ado, let's get started. Hi, this is Julie Bogart, and you're listening to a brave writer's life in brief.

Thanks for joining me today.

This is the podcast where you can grow as an effective educator,

a compassionate parent, and an awesome adult.

We take questions from listeners like you so that I have material to share that's relevant and helpful.

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