Summary: <br> Self Directed Learning! A lifestyle that allows for your child to know themselves, understand their needs and be seen as a free and powerful individual.<br> <br> <br> <br> Crystal Byrd Farmer is the founder of Gastonia Freedom School, an Agile Learning Center for pre-K to 8 with and without disabilities in Gastonia, North Carolina.<br> <br> <br> <br> Crystal takes us through her journey of discovering the Self Directed Learning philosophies when she became friends with a family Unschooling their children. She tells us of the “deschooling” most parents have to go through to appreciate the endless benefits of Self Directed Education and how she uses those to give her students the respect and support they need to blossom.<br> <br> <br> <br> “Let go of the need to control your child’s future, your child right now is not your child in the future. Watch them grow into something you can’t even imagine! Try and see the child for the human that they are, Supporting the whole child instead of meeting some arbitrary standard.”<br> <br> <br> <br> The Freedom School detailing the ALC philosophies can be found here<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://gastoniafreedom.org/">Learn on Your Terms</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> As the podcast numbers continue to grow, we would love for these inspirational conversations reach as many families as possible.<br> <br> <br> <br> So please, if you could spare 2 minutes head on over to Itunes or wherever you get the show, to SUBSCRIBE and leave us a 5 star rating and positive review! Let’s share these wonderful messages of creative and inspired living with all those just now starting to move away from the outdated and harmful model of forced schooling.<br> <br> <br> <br> You make this show, and we are so grateful! Thank you so much for your support in sharing. We shall see you real soon!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://homeschoolingandliberty.com/">The Homeschooling and Liberty Podcast</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homeschooling-and-liberty-podcast/id1358493757">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homeschooling-and-liberty-podcast/id1358493757</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Crystal’s article on micro schools of the future can be found here<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.self-directed.org/tp/micro-schools-the-future/">https://www.self-directed.org/tp/micro-schools-the-future/</a><br>
