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Home Grown

Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World

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Home Grown

Written by: Ben Hewitt
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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The charming adventures of one family's mission to build a deeper, lasting connection to land and community on their Vermont farm.

When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, they were eager to start a self-sustaining family farm. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and even a classroom for their children. Through self-directed play, exploration, and experimentation on their farm, Hewitt's children learned how to play and read, test boundaries and challenge themselves, fail and recover. Best of all, this environment allowed their personalities to flourish, fueling further growth.

In Home Grown, Hewitt shows us how small, mindful decisions about day-to-day life can lead to greater awareness of the world in our backyards and beyond. In telling the story of his sons' unconventional education in the fields and forests surrounding his family's farm, he demonstrates that the sparks of learning are all around us, just waiting to be discovered. Learning is a lifelong process - and the best education is never confined to a classroom.

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I feel bad to say this, but the narration is just so bad. The book in itself is so inspiring! But you have to get over the voice and the pace, I had to put it 1.3x faster for it to have a somewhat decent pace, it was a still a bit irritating.

Still worth the buy though!

Good content but terrible narration

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Great message and helpful information for an aspiring "unschooling" parent. However, the narrator's monotonous tone makes it somewhat unpleasant to listen to.

Great message, poor narration.

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