Part 1
I first heard of Dayna after she and her husband Joe appeared on The Dr. Phil Show as advocates of "radical unschooling" (a type of homeschooling). When I realized she's also a Daily Groove subscriber, I requested this interview. In addition to behind-the-scenes stories about her family's Hollywood adventure, Dayna shares about her parenting philosophy, her childhood, and being an agent of cultural evolution through parenting.
Dayna Martin Interview, Part 1 (19:46)
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Part 2
In the second half of our discussion, Dayna and I talked about...
- Dayna's strategy for creating a parenting groove
- Outrageous acts of kindness
- Dayna's "radical" parenting principles
- How parenthood transformed and healed Dayna
- Books that changed our lives (see below)
- How to "unschool" IN school
- On growing a home-based business
- "What would Dr. Phil say?"
Dayna Martin Interview, Part 2 (27:23)
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Books mentioned:
- The Continuum Concept (Jean Liedloff)
- The Baby Book (Sears & Sears)
- Whole Child, Whole Parent (Polly B. Berends)
- Nonviolent Communication (Marshall Rosenberg)
- Parenting a Free Child (Rue Kream)
- Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)
- Dumbing Us Down (John Taylor Gatto)
- How Children Fail (John Holt)