Today on the show I speak with The Unconventional Parent Adele Allen. We talk about her 3 free births (and how they don’t always have to be perfect or pretty), siblings at birth, extended breastfeeding, self weaning, unschooling, and vaccinations. Adele is bright, honest, knowledgable and like all my guests has so much integrity. Enjoy!
Adele’s Biography:
My name is Adele, I’m 36 and I live very differently to most conventional parents.
I’m married to Matt who is also not your conventional 9-5 working father. He is quite a super hero to us and as well as working part time to support our family, he also battles an autoimmune condition, raises and helps home educate the kids as well as running an allotment, wild sea swimming most days and making delicious healthy food to keep us going!
We have three kids: Ulysses 9 years, Ostara 5 years and Kai 20 months. All our children are beautiful, unvaccinated and highly sensitive spirits. We don’t tell them what to do through arbitrary rules but we do cooperate & set boundaries alongside them through mutually respectful discussions. They learn through imitation and natural consequences. We also practice full term breastfeeding and natural-term weaning.
Ulysses is still learning to read & write, Ostara is Very active and advanced for her age and both Kai and Ulysses still l’Ile to cosleep in our room.
I don’t believe in comparing children to society’s ‘milestones’ and expectations, they are all uniquely different and ready to acquire skills at their own pace and in their own way. No child should ever be judged as being ‘behind’. I love animals and nature and am a pet parent to Noah, a rescue dog and soon to be three rescue hens as well 🐕 🐓🐓🐓 When I was young I wore glasses 👓 and was a selective mute 🤐 up until secondary school. I’m an introvert (probably slightly autistic too if you wanted to label me) and hate groups, preferring to be barefoot in nature & away from people.
I ❤️ to advocate for women, parents & children through media projects, social media and writing ✍️ We live on a shoe string budget in a beautiful council house by the sea in Brighton UK. We claim basic benefits to help with rent but do not use any financial help from the healthcare (NHS) system or the nursery/schooling system. We live frugally, no car 🚗 no holidays 🌞 freecycle & use charity shops.
I love traveling ✈️ One day I would love to world school 🌎& expand our earning potential through my passions.
