42: Honoring Our Children By Untigering

"As I understood more about peaceful parenting and honoring our children, the school system really clashed against my understanding of how to care, respect, and love my children." Iris Chen on choosing unschooling to align with her values.   Iris Chen is the founder of the Untigering movement and author of "Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent." As a peaceful parenting advocate, intersectional unschooler, anti-oppression activist, and deconstructing tiger mom, her mission is to inspire generational and cultural transformation, especially among Asian communities.   She spent 16 years living overseas in China (land of the tiger parent!) but now resides in her native California with her husband and two sons. In this Episode we'll discuss: What an Untigering parent is What Unschooling is Why children have a natural learning drive Show links: Untigering Website: https://untigering.com/ Follow Iris here: https://www.instagram.com/untigering/ Holiday Challenge: https://www.wholemodernparent.com/