016 - Caroline King: Homeschool Refugees, Travel & Digital Nomadism

Today we have another dispatch from the Czech Republic which is also another refugee story of sorts, in a similar vein to my interview with Tom & Emily Lahdenranta who were the family of 5 who left Canada due to their government's pandemic policies.

In this episode I’m talking with Caroline King.

Caroline is a Swedish mother of 4 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 governments restrictive policies on self-directed education. This move has taken her on quite a journey to the point of 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 3 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.

I think its 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 get togather. So, if you’re interested in meeting and connecting with people like Caroline then make sure you put October 14th and 15th, 2023 in your diary and get yourself to the wonderful city of Prague.

TWITTER:

Timothy Allen: https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen

Free Cities Foundation: https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound

WEBSITES:

Caroline King: https://www.denandraresan.com/

Prague Worldschooling: https://pragueworldschooling.blogspot.com

Swedish Unschooling Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236574749814115

Czech Worldschooling Retreat: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/worldschooling-letni-pobyt-202/1107236173248122/

Free Cities Foundation: https://free-cities.org/

VIDEOS

"Leader of the anti-school movement": https://youtu.be/ROD-ecCL96g

"Criminal family": https://youtu.be/-GFdbYfCGZI