Welcome to the Wild and Free podcast, episode 64.

I'm Ainsley Arment, and this week we're talking with Robin Robertson of Honey I'm homeschooling the kids.

She's talking about how she got started on her homeschooling journey and how to involve our kids in their own learning.

Children are still humans that have wants and needs and curiosities

that usually are very different from their parents. Sometimes they may have similarities,

but it's still right to give them the space and support to explore that. Really, it's

embracing as well that when they have the space and time to explore those things, the learning

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

Let's get started.

Over the past few years, I have received thousands of messages from people wanting to know

how to get started in homeschooling.

These are everyday modern mothers who know very little about homeschooling

and never dream they would be considering it.

They are drawn to the beauty, freedom, and organic way of learning that this lifestyle provides.

They want more for their children's futures, and they desperately want more for their

childhoods. There will always be people who misunderstand what it means to be wild and free. They assume

it means letting kids run amok without any structure at all. There are certainly homeschools that are

less structured than others, but you can be wild and free and organized.

Some contend that homeschooling isn't rigorous enough to turn out successful adults.

On the contrary, homeschooling is driven by a child's innate desire and capacity to learn,

which is often inhibited by the conventional school system.

Home schooling can actually provide a more rigorous

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