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FROM TEACHER TO UNSCHOOLING PARENT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WITH MARTA OBIOLS
My guest today is Marta Obiols. Marta is originally from Spain, but has lived in the US for 21 years. She now lives with her husband and three children in Atlanta, Georgia. Marta was a teacher when her children were small, but became interested in unschooling after taking her children out of school and coming across the works of John Holt. She quickly let go of being 'the dictator in the living room' and fully embraced unschooling.
Marta's eldest son recently turned 18, and Marta was inspired to write a book about her family's experiences, entitled 18: An unschooling experience. Today, among other things, we talk about facilitating the different needs of our children, trusting our children even when society around us says otherwise, and finding the unschooler in ourselves.
MARTA OBIOLS (@UNSCHOOLING1) - AUTHOR TALKS: 18, AN UNSCHOOLING EXPERIENCE
On this episode, I zoom in Marta Obiols as we chat about her book, 18, an unschooling experience.
She is a Catalan immigrant, former public school teacher, and current unschooling mother. With a dual degree in Elementary and Special Education from Blanquerna Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, she's spent the past nine years homeschooling and then unschooling her children.