UNSCHOOL: The Radical Choice

A Monster is Eating our Clarity: Denmark June 2025

Thoughts on how to stay clear, while the devices keep coming at us with new distractions.

Behind and Beyond the Smartphone-Free Childhood

Is the smartphone really ruining the lives of tweens and teens? Do we need to protect them by keeping them away from the tool? The movement out there is big and it is fed frequently by the repetition of fearful statements.

Let me just remind us all, that fear is never a wise teacher. In the best of cases, fear is a signal to stay alert and to use our humanity: our cognition as well as our intuitive wisdom.

The Price of Unfreedom: How Managerialism Shapes Work, Childhood, and Life

What is the price of unfreedom? How does managerialism control our work, childhood, and daily lives? Inspired by our conversation with Dennis Nørmark, this reflection explores the impact of rigid structures on creativity, trust, and true freedom.

Is time really flying? Krakow November 2024

Walking back home through Krakow one last time, I contemplate the concept of time and whether it is flying. I carry a liter of laundry detergent from the organic shop as I walk in light rain with the teenagers. We have been in Krakow for a month; this is the last full day. Tomorrow, we will spend the day packing, and we will leave in the early afternoon.

This morning, we saw the Maria Cathedral on the main square for the second time; this time, we saw the opening of the altar, a most beautiful …

On math and unschooling

What if math was voluntary? What if we recognize the fact that all math, including high school level, can be learned by a motivated person in 3 months? Six if we take it easy.

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Unschooling is about freedom

Letting go of control and ambition is not letting go of presence and enthusiasm. We trust the flow of life, the joy of learning, the natural curiosity everyone possesses and do not plan a curriculum for our children.

Worldschooling: A Journey Beyond Education into Mental Health, Friendships, and Personal Growth

It is not just a question of education, it is a question of being. In this life. In an alternative way. With the home base on the planet, eternally changing location, yet staying with ourselves.

Unschooling and responsibility

The question of parental responsibility in the context of the unschooling philosophy is quite complicated. To find the solution, we need to begin with core values. If we are just afraid of “ruling,” we, the adults, become unclear and vague, ruining the joy of life. And the unschooling as well.