Hi there it's episode 136 and today we're talking about taking the road less

traveled this holiday season.

You are listening to the Simple Families podcast a Q&A style show that brings you solutions for living well with family.

Here's your host, Deney Barajona.

Hi there, welcome to episode number 136,

and today I'm talking with Rachel Rainbolt from sage parenting.

Rachel is an author and a podcaster and a writer and she and her family do life very differently

from the mainstream.

Rachel's an advocate for natural parenting and unschooling and she's going to talk to you a little

bit more about what those words mean to her.

But at the core of our conversation today is this discussion of doing things differently and

Many of us are doing life a little bit differently than we were raised And during the holiday season,

when we're reuniting with our extended family members,

this often comes up.

So Rachel and I are talking through

how she handles raising kids differently from the way that she was raised and from the way

that the extended family is raising their children as well. Before we get into

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