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Alexandra Kons

Journalist and unschooling advocate based in Spain, host of the Wild Life Unschooling podcast and former crypto-journalist and editor-in-chief.

Oct 2, 2026

25:59
he just had this...
26:01
Yeah, I could just see it, that this is not this average kid.
26:05
And I felt it in myself.
26:07
I had this intuition just clicking in like, okay, this is not how we're going to do it.
26:11
I cannot bring him to school.
26:12
And I really tried to.
26:14
I...
YoshiHOST
30:10
You traveled to a few countries already from Germany to Portugal, right? What else?
1:29
Well, first of all, for those who aren't aware, could you explain the difference between homeschooling and unschooling, and what brought you to unschooling?
1:36
Uh, so I think the main difference between homeschooling and unschooling is unschooling is really the radical form of not doing anything actively with your kids.
1:46
Like, I don't have no curriculum.
1:48
I don't have any goal that my child needs to reach or to fulfill or...
1:54
He-- there is nothing that, uh, unschooling kids really need to learn, so it's just following their curiosity, their journey, and supporting them as, as the coach, uh, at home, like [laughs] enabling them, so to say.
2:09
And what led me to be, like, this radical unschooling mom, uh, I'm a teacher myself.
2:15
I went to school, like very strict private school in Germany.

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