It includes interviews with influential thinkers in the field of self-directed education and examples from families alongside practical advice. We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it's more important to sit still and listen. And was anyone else seeing how differently children learnt when they weren’t at school – and the implications that this had for everyone?

Fisher sets out, accessibly but with academic authenticity, the science that explains the inhibiting effect of many school regimes on the natural desire of children to learn. We tend to parent and teach the way we were raised and taught, which is why changing our minds about how children learn and grow is so hard to do.I read every book about education and parenting I could lay my hands on to see how they structured their ideas.

It can feel hard to be the buffer between cultural norms and unschooling and this book contained so many snippets which I have personally experienced with my child and so has reassured me. To be honest, I downloaded this one because it was the only one available on Audible and I thought I’d give it a go. I read all the books which argued for a tightly regimented, highly controlling approach to education, to see what their arguments were. In fact, when children leave school to be home-educated, one of the things they often do first is refuse to change out of their pyjamas or refuse to brush their hair. Changing Our Minds explains the why and the how children learn and the why and the how our current school system needs desperate change.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Naomi's book shows us how SDE can cultivate the kinds of human beings we'd all like to be and perhaps a brighter vision for society at large. For example, the author claims the only way to treat ADHD is medication and this is entirely a racket pushed by drug companies, whereas the medical recommendations for first line ADHD treatment are all lifestyle adjustments and skills. Even when people work at the weekend, they tend to do it in their own time and in their own way, and therefore have increased autonomy as compared to during the week.