Welcome to the Wild and Free Podcast, episode 13.

I'm Ainsley Arment, and I'm here with Tina Ingold.

Today we're featuring a talk by Terry Woods, who is Woods Your Mom on Instagram,

from our Wild and Free Conference in Wimberley, Texas last fall.

But first, a little chat about restoring the wonder in our children.

So grab a cup of coffee and join us on the front porch. Let's get started. But first, a little chat about restoring the wonder in our children.

So grab a cup of coffee and join us on the front porch.

Let's get started. You know, have you ever heard of school that's been in school for several years?

They say you need to do a process of deschooling before you even begin homeschooling. You don't just jump into homeschooling because you have to recreate what school looks like for your child.

You have to kind of reprogram yourself and your child.

So it's kind of a process of not doing anything that's formal education. You have to kind of reprogram yourself and your child. So it's kind of a process of not doing

anything that's formal education. You might do fun things or read aloud together or go on

nature hikes and play math games and things that you might do once you are kind of in the

hang of homeschooling anyway. But you don't do anything to try to replicate the formal

classroom. You know, it's all just living life together. So they fall back into a good rhythm

that you're just living life together. And for some kids, it might mean a drastic change in

their electronic use because I think it's really hard to restore childhood if they have

constant access to a phone or an iPad. It doesn't mean that they can't use it or have times for it,

but I think that on a daily basis, it's a crippling thing. It is for adults too. I think we have to

monitor our own time on it, but it certainly doesn't put me into a free mode. You know, I can use it

for information. I can use it to connect with people, but it's not all senses stimulating things. So I

think for some people, especially if they have an older child, it's talking with your child about

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