191 - When Your Child Plays All Day: Unschooling, Deschooling & Real Learning
Update: 2025-11-19
Description
Ever wonder if you’re doing enough when your child just wants to play all day — Legos, trampolines, video games — and you’re trying to trust unschooling?
In this episode, Sue Patterson from Unschooling Mom2Mom answers a real email from a worried parent and explains:
- Why this “all play” phase is normal during deschooling,
- What’s actually happening in your child’s brain,
- How to shift from panic to partnership.
- How play builds real learning,
- Why motivation returns naturally
- How to support your child without slipping into passivity or overcontrol.
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