What if there were no books, no curriculum, and no structured learning? What if a child was free to learn only the things that interest them from a young age? Interest-based learning is certainly...
1. The stigma around homeschooling One thing I never considered when I first started homeschooling was that upon enrolling Jaiden into home education, every person who had never homeschooled their own child, instantly became...
The real heroes behind Jaiden’s journey… I get a lot of praise for the progress Jaiden has made over the years. But, in reality, this journey all started thanks to a group of total...
Would you pick up a homeless hitchhiker? Would you let your kid give him money? I did, and I’ll probably do it again. Picking up a hitchhiker may seem irresponsible while there is a...
This is our classroom…As Jaiden and I approach our 8th year of home educating, once again homeschooling is seeing a massive surge in new registrations so I thought I’d take a moment to share...
Ponderings at 4am.. I’ve spent the past 2 hours awake in bed pondering the world. Yep, things like this literally keep me up at night. There is no denying we exist in a time...
On this day 8 years ago I’d just moved out of my house, I’d sold every possession I owned. Little did I know this was the first step towards freedom. Whether we like to...
Ever wondered what a day on the road looks like for us? Wonder no more! Yep, it even includes half asleep Cam at 5:30am… We’ve decided to start making some videos for you all...
Why would I let my 10 year old drive a car?! What if something bad was to happen? Chances are, most of you read that as something potentially going wrong whilst Jaiden was driving....
This proud kid just went to the shops, by himself! We were packing up and getting ready to leave Monto and in the interests of not making a pile of dishes doing our normal...
A proud Dad moment. Except, it’s not my kid! 3 years ago we met Toby, who was 14 at the time. Toby and Jaiden connected at an unschooling camp and really hit it off,...
Let’s talk about screen time and technology usage. There’s no denying we live in a time where we are using technology more than ever before. There is an infinite amount of learning that can...
A lot of people I meet and chat to really seem struggle to grasp the concept of how you can provide an education without piles of workbooks or forced lessons because “Kids just want...
What if there were no books, no curriculum, and no structured learning? What if a child was free to learn only the things that interest them from a young age? Interest-based learning is certainly...
Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there! Here’s a picture of me with my mothers.Yep, for those of you who are new here, I grew up with a gay mother, so I’m...
1. The stigma around homeschooling One thing I never considered when I first started homeschooling was that upon enrolling Jaiden into home education, every person who had never homeschooled their own child, instantly became...
We are at Diggers camp which is a 40 minute drive from Grafton, we are staying at a friend’s beach house that right on the beach! At low tide we went snorkelling in a...
The realities of sharing your life openly online.. I planned to spend the morning working on my book. But as I sat here watching the sunrise I was pondering my reconnection (since I was...
Would you pick up a homeless hitchhiker? Would you let your kid give him money? I did, and I’ll probably do it again. Picking up a hitchhiker may seem irresponsible while there is a...
About a month ago now, we went to a round of the QDRC (Queensland Drag Racing Championship) at Willowbank Raceway and met Scott Hoffman AKA Nugget Garage. Now for those who have not heard...
Pictured here, hooking her first fish (which got away), with the default ‘tongue out of the side of the mouth while concentrating’ look is a friend of mine, Leah. We met a few years...
My first morning surf in 20+ years, and my first ever with Jaiden…Jaiden’s journey with the ocean has been a long and well documented one. When we set off back in 2012 I had...
Our day at the race track continued.. After a couple of hours watching cars race at the track we decided to head to the drag strip to watch some drag racing. Jaiden had never...
