Part of school life is learning resilience and getting along with people from all walks of life and different cultures.

Theres a few who it might go well for and they are the kids who would probably also do well at school but I bet theres a lot who are going to end up as disfunctional adults and the rest of us taxpayers will have to pay their dole money, if they can even read the application...

Is it even legal in Australia?

Unschooling isn't something that I have or would ever consider doing for my kids. My children are teens and are in highschool now but they have both done/ doing well in mainstream schooling. My kids have been very lucky to have had some amazing teachers that haven't just had a positive impact on them educationally but also personally. School has exposed my children to people from all walks of life (although that is not always a good thing🤣) and given them experiences and life lessons that I could never give them.

I have just started unschooling my 3 Children , 8,7 and 6 year olds, kindy year1 &2, it’s something I have always wanted to do. I went through all of my school years at a public school, Remembering nothing I had learnt now in my adult life. Yet I have learnt many,many new things from my own curiosity,research and finding questions to my answers, we are all now adult unschoolers , we learn by curiosity and that’s what my children have shown me

What is is? Same as home schooling ?

My daughter would never be into this. She absolutely loves school

It might work for some but what happens to the kids it doesn't work out for?

All but 1 of my kids have finished school now but I wish I knew of this years ago. At least 2 would have done it

I have never heard of unschooling. I’ll have to google it.

I do a combination of homeschooling and unschooling I teach maths and English and the rest I allow my son to select topics of interest he would like to learn about. My son son is on the spectrum so this was the only option we had for him due to relentless bullying.

If it’s works for your family and you do it properly then yeah, it works. Unfortunately there’s people out there who think they can unschool or homeschool and unfortunately give everyone else a bad name. I’m a teacher and I’ve seen families do it incredibly well but then I’ve seen an absolute joke of a set up that was t doing anything for the kids at all.

Love it. My lot are 18, 15 and 12 and we have always unschooled. The concept is hard to grasp because so many highjack the term and discredit it; or instil “rules for unschooling” which is actually everything unschooling is not. Unschooling for me requires dumping biases and preconceived values/judgements on how people learn. Some thrive in the academic environment, set hours, regimented environment and this should be supported not discouraged. Just as some thrive/are inspired in a hap-hazard way (to the untrained eye 😉). All 3 have tried/attended school at differing ages. Eldest has Year 11 (no formal education prior) and youngest boy did a term of Primary School. He enjoyed it equally but appreciates he can’t have best of both worlds; he returned to homeschooling. By choice. I see it like this: encourage, discuss, ponder, try, challenge ideas, explore, test your limits, question everything and above all engage whole-heartedly. That’s unschooling for me 😊

That’s 3rd world practice for girls
They only go to school up to Year 7

I think to each their own iv seen it work and work amazing.
I also think often parents who do it their kids would struggle In school anyways because of the Way they are raised.
Like everything I think there is good and bad versions.

Same as I think more parents should be open to homeschooling because the school system isn’t the best for them.
Or some kids flourish at a private over public.

You’ve got to do what’s best for your Kid