is education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the learner, whether or not those activities were chosen deliberately for the purpose of education. — Alliance for Self-Directed Education

 a child-trusting, anti-oppression, liberatory, love-centered approach to parenting and caregiving. – Akilah Richards

shedding the programming and habits that resulted from other people’s agency over our time, bodies, thoughts and actions. – Akilah Richards

a model of cooperative child-rearing unique to mammals where non-parents provide trusted care to children. Creating a community of carers supports the development of empathy and independence in children and reduces parental stress.