Caroline King: Homeschool Refugees
“I think that the main trait of unschooled kids is that they ask questions and they want to find out more, whereas in school they are told what to do. It’s a totally different way of growing up.”
This week on the Free Cities Podcast we continue our series of interviews recorded in Prague and my next guest is Caroline King.
Today’s despatch is another refugee story of sorts, in a similar vein to my interview with Tom & Emily Lahdenranta, the family of 5 who left Canada due to their government’s pandemic policies.
Caroline is a Swedish mother of four living with her husband and family in Prague. They had to leave Sweden in order to be able to homeschool their children on account of the Swedish government’s restrictive policies on self-directed education. This move has taken her on quite a journey including public vilification by the Swedish media who labelled her as “The leader of the anti-school movement’… a somewhat laughable claim as you will discover during the interview.
As you would expect, much of this conversation revolves around education, in particular unschooling which can take on many forms as Caroline explains, but we also hear a lot about their experiences as a family of digital nomads which has taken them all over the globe.
As a father of three myself, I love talking about different parenting strategies and this conversation with Caroline did not disappoint in any shape or form.
If you want to follow up on anything we are discussing here, Caroline has told me that she’s happy for anyone to reach out to her. Check out the links below for more info.
It’s also worth noting that I initially met Caroline at last year’s Liberty in Our Lifetime conference, which is the Free Cities Foundation’s annual flagship event. So, if you’re interested in meeting and connecting with people like Caroline then make sure you put October 14th and 15th, 2023 into your diary and make sure to get yourself to the wonderful city of Prague.
LINKS
Caroline King
Prague Worldschooling
Swedish Unschooling Facebook Group
Czech Worldschooling Retreat
VIDEOS
“Leader of the anti-school movement”
“Criminal family”
Enjoy the conversation.