198: The connection between your ideas about childhood and politics with Dr. Toby Rollo

<div data-block-id="block-99d2840b-1c31-4cf2-aead-07715649a585"> <div data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-94dc146f-f13f-4e8f-a206-4846e27aa4f6"></div> &nbsp; </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"></div> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-99d2840b-1c31-4cf2-aead-07715649a585">A couple of years ago I was watching a session of the <a class="ql-link" href="https://www.self-directed.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alliance for Self-Directed Education</a>'s online conference by unschooling advocate <a class="ql-link" href="http://idziedesmarais.weebly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Idzie Desmerais</a>. At some point she dropped a quote into her presentation that I jotted down but didn't think much of at the time:</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-9b2a0186-b590-47db-b418-2396903de632"> <div data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-94dc146f-f13f-4e8f-a206-4846e27aa4f6"></div> &nbsp; </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"></div> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-6aba05aa-45ad-419a-b7d6-7dffe7c6051e"><em>What if your ideas about politics were just your ideas about childhood, extrapolated?</em></div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-02be2462-16ca-4cd6-9fed-c986b5859699"> <div data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-94dc146f-f13f-4e8f-a206-4846e27aa4f6"></div> &nbsp; </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-64b4b4c1-9001-4ced-a262-9bbc336071a1"></div> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-18df9cb7-b7b4-4354-99ce-33e66bd686b0">I returned to my notes some months later, having spent much of that time immersed in writing the first draft of the book, the quote almost took my breath away. There, right in front of me, was a single sent