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191 - When Your Child Plays All Day: Unschooling, Deschooling & Real Learning

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Ever wonder if you’re doing enough when your child just wants to play all day — Legos, trampolines, video games — and you’re trying to trust unschooling? 

In this episode, Sue Patterson from Unschooling Mom2Mom answers a real email from a worried parent and explains:

  •  Why this “all play” phase is normal during deschooling, 
  • What’s actually happening in your child’s brain,
  •  How to shift from panic to partnership. 
  • How play builds real learning, 
  • Why motivation returns naturally
  • How to support your child without slipping into passivity or overcontrol.

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Read the Transcript here: 

https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/is-play-enough-what-legos-trampolines-video-games-teach-us-about-learning


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191 - When Your Child Plays All Day: Unschooling, Deschooling & Real Learning

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