My new book is coming soon!

I’m excited to share that I have a book coming out on August 21st — it’s called The Parent’s Handbook to Unschooling Yourself, and it’s written for anyone beginning (or deepening) the journey of deschooling.

The book is a guide for parents who are learning to let go of their conditioned, school-based thinking and create more space, trust, and connection in how they live and learn with their children. It has lots of tools to bring more insight and ease to the journey, as well as examples of my own experiences and those of other unschooling parents that I interviewed.

Here is a deeply appreciated reflection from Peter Gray, whose own book and writings have been invaluable to my deschooling journey:

“In unschooling families, the problem of learning is about the parents’ learning, not the children’s. To support their children, parents must unlearn old, habitual ways of thinking and learn new, mindful ways. Esther Jones provides here a wonderful guide for doing this.” Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn

It was such a pleasure to be able to bring together all these years of research and lived experience, along with the reflections from the many parents I have talked with, worked with and learned from. If you think my book might be a good companion for you in your deschooling journey, you can find more details (and pre-order, if you’d like) over on Amazon.