In this episode, Annie Friday tries to answer some questions that new parent and early childhood educator and caregiver, Brett Sanstrom, has about unschooling. Brett shares that as a play-based professional, she is starting to see how misaligned school no

Emma Tempest, AKA the Play Coach, joins Annie Friday today to talk about perfectionism, the good, the bad, and the really, really unhelpful aspects of it. Many adults have learned perfectionism through school and the constant measuring that can leave huma

Annie Friday is joined this week by Maile Munson, Director of Advocacy, Outreach and Public Awareness for Lives in the Balance. Lives in the Balance is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a shift away from punitive, exclusionary discipline pra

Host Annie Friday is joined this week by Aiyana Goodfellow, self-described writer, liberator, and delinquent. Much of Aiyana's current work centers on inviting others to dig into their own implicit or explicit anti-child ageism. Aiyana has classes called

Dr. Gina Riley joins Annie Friday this week to discuss Self-Determination Theory and intrinsic motivation. Together, they discuss what types of environments, activities, and parameters can encourage young people to find their intrinsic drive. Intrinsic mo

Adele Cleaver joins Annie Friday this week on Out of Line. Adele is a Playworker and the founder of Big Blue Play, a pop-up playspace in England. Adele shares all about her knowledge and passion for the field of playwork. Playworkers protect and provide s

This episode of Out of Line features Latoya Nelson of Raising Resilienceand the Attuned Community along with Kisa Marx of The Play Lab Foundation and a conversation with Annie Friday on the concept of respect. Often adults will talk about the expectation

Annie Friday is joined this week by Renee, a mom from Michigan, to talk about how their family has found healthy sleep routines that work for them. Renee has a unique perspective as she talk about her 8-year-old son attending public school while also rema

This week on Out of Line, Susanne Benton joins Annie Friday to talk about her experience with helping kids and grown-ups fall asleep. Over the last several years, Susanne has used her parenting and teaching wisdom to design a calming nighttime routine tha

Could the concept of the Other Mother replace the more forced, less authentic systems of teaching social and emotional learning in schools? Latoya Nelson joins Annie Friday this week to discuss the topic of her dissertation. This concept of the Other Moth