In a world that revolves around structure, more parents nationwide are letting their kids learn without structure, and they say it is working.

“We found out that it was more helpful for him to learn if he got to pick and choose what he wanted to learn,” said Kawai Brown.

Brown prefers the term child-led learning. She homeschooled her sons in the method, which allows them to decide what to learn and when.

“It’s basically, do whatever you want for school,” said 9-year-old Dustin Brown. “You can do math. You can do science. You can do anything. You can read another book.”

Dustin typically spends most of his morning outside. During the snowstorms, he spent his days building a makeshift hill in his front yard to snowboard and sled on. Then, he would spend time breaking up the ice on his sidewalk before finally deciding to sit down and do some work.

“I don’t really like being told what to do,” Dustin said. “So, it’s a lot easier if I can choose what I can do.”

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