Unschooling Older Children

REPLAY 

How does unschooling change as children get older? Parents can often feel pressure as things shift, and society believes it's time for learning to look more "serious". This session is for anyone who would like explore how their child's needs and their role are likely to shift as children move into their tween and teen years. 

GUESTS:

LESLIE W. BRAY is an Advisor & Guide at Mosaic and a community mentor who supports families in building connected, values-aligned relationships with their young people. A former classroom teacher turned unschooling mother of three, who are now continuing their own development through work, internships and higher education. Leslie works alongside parents, educators, and leaders to cultivate trust-centered, curiosity-led learning communities and spaces. She writes and speaks about connection, conscious parenting, and education rooted in relationship and liberation.

LAINIE LIBERTI is the founder and creator of the Transformative Mentoring for Teens program. She is an author, speaker, community leader, teen coach, adolescent behavioral specialist, and alternative education advocate, widely recognized as a pioneer in the worldschooling movement. Lainie specialises in confidence-building and mental health support for teens and young people. She co-founded Project World School alongside her son, helping to redefine education through experiential, self-directed learning. Author of the book Seen, Heard & Understood: Parenting and Partnering with Teens for Greater Mental Health. Her work continues to bridge mental health, education, and conscious parenting through a partnership-based approach. 

HOSTS:

ESTHER JONES is a mindfulness teacher, deschooling coach and mother of three unschooled children. She is the Co-Founder of The Unschooling Summit, author of The Parent's Handbook to Unschooling Yourself and host of The Unschool Space podcast, in which she explores unschooling with other unschooling parents. 

MELISSA CROCKETT-JOYOUE is a Māori, AuDHD mama of two unschooled neurodivergent children. She is the Co-Founder of The Unschooling Summit and the Founder of Weave ND, an online membership community supporting neurodivergent unschooling families with a focus on capacity building and connection for the parents.