In this episode I chat to Eloise Rickman, and I LOVED having this conversation.

Eloise is is a parenting educator, author of two brilliant books, children’s liberationist, home educator and course creator and leader known for her work in children’s liberation and rights-based, peaceful parenting. Through this work she has guided so many families around the world and she raises absolutely fascinating questions and points to reflect on that will change not only the way you parent, but the way you see children and society and many of the things we take for granted (I have said to my husband I feel like much of her work has been the red pill that revealed to me that we're in the matrix when it comes to so many ideas about children, education, parenting and our wider societal institutions).

In this episode we discuss Eloise Rickman's latest book, 'It's Not Fair: why it's time for a grown up conversation about how adults teach children', and just some of the things we touch on include:

Introduction to Eloise’s work
Her book It’s Not Fair: Why It’s Time for a Grown Up Conversation about how adults treat children
How Eloise came to children’s liberation
The treatment of children, parenting, punishment, the need for nuance
How aligned children’s interests often are with ours (i.e. better childcare options, maternity and paternity leave options, education options)
The dance of meeting everyone’s needs
Room for nuance and messiness
No-one gets it right all the time!
Giving children the language to talk about power dynamics
Children’s rights and talking to children about their rights from a young age
Listening to children
Votes for children and arguments for and against
What is a child?
Children and childhood in different cultures
There is no 1 way to be a child

And lots more!

Connect with Eloise:

IG: @mightymother_

Eloise's substack newsletter 'Small Places'

Her latest book: It's Not Fair: why it's time for a grown up conversation about how adults treat children

First book: Extraordinary parenting: the essential guide to parenting and home educating at home

Eloise's website where you can find her courses here

& follow the podcast on @themorethanmamapod + @brionywrites

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